List of rivers of Honduras
Rivers in Honduras is a list of the rivers in Honduras, including those it shares with neighbours. Among the most important river in Honduras is the Ulúa, which flows through the economically important Valle de Sula. Numerous other rivers drain the interior highlands and empty north into the Caribbean Sea. The Pacific Ocean coast also receives other important rivers such as the Choluteca River, which flows through the capital, Tegucigalpa, where it wreaked havoc during the 1998 Hurricane Mitch. La Quebradona is a river located in La Ruidosa, Copán. La Comisión Permanente de Contingencias is the body which gives out alerts when rivers are in danger of overflowing.
This list is arranged by drainage basin, from east to west, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.- Coco River borders Nicaragua.
- Cruta River
- Nakunta River
- Mocorón River
- Warunta River
- Patuca River is the largest in Honduras and the second largest in Central America.
- *Wampú River
- *Guayambre River
- *Guayape River
- **Tinto River
- **Talgua River
- **Telica River
- **Jalan River
- Sigre River
- Plátano River
- Río Sico Tinto Negro
- *Sico River
- *Paulaya River
- Aguán River
- *Yaguala River
- Papaloteca River
- Cangrejal River
- Danto River
- Cuero River
- Leán River
- Tela River
- Ulúa River is the most important river economically.
- *Humuya River
- **Sulaco River
- *Blanco River
- *Otoro River
- **Río Gualcarque
- *Jicatuyo River
- **Higuito River
- Chamelecón River
- Motagua River
- *Cuyamel River
- Choluteca River
- Goascorán River divides El Salvador from Honduras.
- Guarajambala River
- Lempa River
- Mocal River
- Nacaome River
- *Petacon River
- *Azacualpa River
- *De la Sonta River
- Negro River
- Sumpul River
- Torola River