San Pedro Mezquital River facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Río San Pedro Mezquital |
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 Location of mouth
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| Other name(s) | Río San Pedro |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Nayarit, Durango |
| Physical characteristics | |
| River mouth | Pacific Ocean 21°56′22″N 105°21′01″W / 21.939417°N 105.350269°W |
| Length | 540 km |
| Basin features | |
| Basin size | 27,674 km2 |
The San Pedro Mezquital River (Spanish: Río San Pedro Mezquital) is a river of Nayarit, Mexico.
The river originates in the Sierra Madre Occidental, and flows through Durango and Nayarit states to empty into the Pacific Ocean in Marismas Nacionales Biosphere Reserve.
Fish
A few fish species are native to the San Pedro Mezquital River. Among these are the two surviving Characodon splitfin species, which are both highly threatened. The extinct Durango shiner (Notropis aulidion) was native to the Rio Tunal, which forms the headwaters of the San Pedro Mezquital, a Pacific slope river rising near Durango City, Durango, Mexico (Chernoff and Miller 1986). It was taken there only in 1951 and 1961.
See also
In Spanish: Río San Pedro Mezquital para niños
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