Aguán River

The Aguán River (Spanish pronunciation: [awan]; sometimes known as Rio Aguán in Spanish) is a river in Honduras. It begins in the Yoro region to the west of San Lorenzo and travels south for a short time before turning east-northeast, passing through San Lorenzo, Olanchito, and Tocoa before entering the Caribbean Sea east of Puerto Castilla.

The river runs for 240 kilometers (150 miles). Hurricane Mitch caused the river's banks to overflow at many spots along its length in 1998. Sabá's maximum discharge was estimated to be almost 20,000 cubic metres per second (710,000 cu ft/s). The river wiped away the village of Santa Rosa de Aguán, killing scores of people.

The watershed of the Aguán River is one of seven in Honduras, covering over 1 million hectares (3,900 sq mi), of which around 200,000 are in the Aguán River Valley. The Aguán River Valley contains the majority of Bajo Aguán's agricultural land.

Length: 240 km (150 mi)