Coco
Coco is a mapped river in the YearMaps hydrographic index. River courses organise settlement, agriculture and frontier-making more durably than any political boundary, and this reach is indexed against the dams, lakes and cities within its catchment.
- Feature Class
- River
- Coordinates
- 14.34°, -85.16°
About Coco
The Coco river (Spanish: Río Coco, Miskito: Wangki, formerly known as the Río Segovia, Cape River, or Yara River) is a river located on the border of northern Nicaragua and southern Honduras. It is the longest river that runs entirely within the Central American Isthmus with a total length of 841 km (523 mi).
The river originates in the Somoto Canyon National Monument, near where the Pan American Highway crosses into Nicaragua, and flows through low mountainous terrain 841 kilometres (523 mi) into the Caribbean Sea at Cabo Gracias a Dios; the middle and lower reaches form the Honduras-Nicaragua border.
On September 7, 2007, major international news wires reported that the Río Coco was over 11 metres (36 ft) above normal stage, two days after Category 5 Hurricane Felix made landfall.
Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Coco River (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Coco: Key Facts
| Length | 780 km |
|---|---|
| Drainage basin | 24,767 km² |
| Source | Río Comalí |
| Mouth | Caribbean Sea |
| Tributaries | Río Inalí, Río Ciudad Antigua, Río El Cuá, Río Salamají, Río Mozonte |
Facts from Wikidata Q1468689 (CC0).
Major River Dossiers
Hand-written studies of the great river systems of history.
Connected Reaches
Nearby watercourses in the same drainage network.
Water Bodies in the Catchment
Settlements Along the Reach
Hydraulic Infrastructure Nearby
Surrounding Terrain
Coco: Quick Answers
- Where is Coco?
- Coco is located in Nicaragua and Honduras, at 14.3384° N, 85.1588° W.
- Are there dams on the Coco?
- No dam on the Coco is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.