Río Polochic
| Río Polochic | ||
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| location | Guatemala | |
| River system | Río Dulce (Guatemala) | |
| Drain over | Río Dulce → Gulf of Honduras | |
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Lake Izabal Coordinates: 15 ° 28 ′ 0 ″ N , 89 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ W 15 ° 28 ′ 0 ″ N , 89 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ W. |
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| Mouth height |
88 m
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| length | 240 km | |
| Drain |
MQ |
69.3 m³ / s |
| Medium-sized cities | Panzós | |
The Río Polochic is a 240 km long river in Guatemala . It rises in the south of the Alta Verapaz department , a few kilometers east of Tactíc . It flows between the Sierra de Chamá in the north and the Sierra de las Minas in the south in an easterly direction through the Motagua-Polochic fault and flows into Lake Izabal . The last 30 km from Panzós are navigable. In the past, this section was used for the transport of coffee and wood .
