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Goascorán River
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Goascarán river on the Salvadoran border
Native name Río Goascorán  (Spanish)
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Physical characteristics
Main source La Paz (Honduras), Honduras
River mouth Pacific Ocean
El Salvador, Honduras
0 m (0 ft)
13°24′38″N 87°49′08″W / 13.41056°N 87.81889°W / 13.41056; -87.81889
Length 130 km (81 mi)
Basin features
Basin size 2,081 km2 (803 sq mi)

The Goascorán River or Río Goascorán is a river in Central America. It rises in the La Sierra mountain ridge in Honduras and flows southward along the El Salvador-Honduras border for about 75 miles (120 km). It courses past Goascorán city to La Unión Bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Fonseca.

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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Río Goascorán para niños

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