Poxte River | |
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Location | |
Country | Guatemala |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Dolores Plateau |
Basin features | |
River system | Usumacinta |
Poxte is a river and valley of the Maya Mountains in Guatemala. The valley is noted for numerous Maya sites such as Ixtutz and the Petén Caves. [1] [2] The river is located southwest of the Dolores plateau and northwest of Poptún, in the Guatemalan department of Petén. [3] The source of the river is on the same plateau, near the villages of Boca del Monte and Santo Domingo. [4] The river flows westwards through the similarly named hamlet of Poxte, it then disappears amongst the karst topography and resumes its course 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) to the west. [5] It continues westwards into the San Juan River, a tributary of the Machaquila River. [6] The Machaquila River feeds into the Pasión River, [7] which flows into the Usumacinta River and the Gulf of Mexico. [8] The upper reaches of the Poxte River shares its drainage with the Mopan River, which flows eastwards into the Caribbean Sea. [9]
The Poxte River Basin measures 20 kilometres (12 mi) long and is 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) wide. [10] The river valley drainage is broken and confused, and the land has been largely cleared of forest to graze cattle. [11] The Poxte valley includes modern settlements of Las Nuevas Delicias, La Lucha, Santo Domingo and Boca del Monte. [12] The valley encompasses the Maya archaeological sites of Chaquix, Curucuitz, El Eden 2, Ixcoxol 1, 2 and 3, Ixtutz, La Lucha, Machaca 2, Nocsos, Nuevas Delicias 1,2 and 3, Poxte 1 and 2, San Luis Pueblito and Tesik. [13] It also includes the cave systems of Balam Na (also known as Sebanal). [14]
Poxte River | |
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Location | |
Country | Guatemala |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Dolores Plateau |
Basin features | |
River system | Usumacinta |
Poxte is a river and valley of the Maya Mountains in Guatemala. The valley is noted for numerous Maya sites such as Ixtutz and the Petén Caves. [1] [2] The river is located southwest of the Dolores plateau and northwest of Poptún, in the Guatemalan department of Petén. [3] The source of the river is on the same plateau, near the villages of Boca del Monte and Santo Domingo. [4] The river flows westwards through the similarly named hamlet of Poxte, it then disappears amongst the karst topography and resumes its course 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) to the west. [5] It continues westwards into the San Juan River, a tributary of the Machaquila River. [6] The Machaquila River feeds into the Pasión River, [7] which flows into the Usumacinta River and the Gulf of Mexico. [8] The upper reaches of the Poxte River shares its drainage with the Mopan River, which flows eastwards into the Caribbean Sea. [9]
The Poxte River Basin measures 20 kilometres (12 mi) long and is 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) wide. [10] The river valley drainage is broken and confused, and the land has been largely cleared of forest to graze cattle. [11] The Poxte valley includes modern settlements of Las Nuevas Delicias, La Lucha, Santo Domingo and Boca del Monte. [12] The valley encompasses the Maya archaeological sites of Chaquix, Curucuitz, El Eden 2, Ixcoxol 1, 2 and 3, Ixtutz, La Lucha, Machaca 2, Nocsos, Nuevas Delicias 1,2 and 3, Poxte 1 and 2, San Luis Pueblito and Tesik. [13] It also includes the cave systems of Balam Na (also known as Sebanal). [14]