{{Short description|none}} [[File:Rio cangrejo.JPG|thumb|300px|The [[Río Cangrejal]] in [[La Ceiba]]]] Among the most important [[river]]s in [[Honduras]] is the [[Ulúa River|Ulúa]],<ref>[http://www.country-studies.com/honduras/rivers.html Rivers]</ref> which flows 400 kilometres (250 mi) 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.<ref>[http://cidbimena.desastres.hn/article.php?story=20100827090332325 Alerta por desbordamiento de ríos en Honduras]</ref>
This list is arranged by [[drainage basin]], from east to west, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
== Caribbean Sea == [[File:Rio Aguan.jpg|thumb|199px|Aguán River]] [[File:Desembocadura del río de Tela.JPG|thumb|199px|Tela River]] [[File:Río Ulúa.png|thumb|199px|Ulúa River]] *[[Coco River]] (Segovia River) borders [[Nicaragua]]. *[[Cruta River]] *[[Nakunta River]] *[[Malombo River]] is a minor river in Omoa. *[[Mocorón River]]{{citation needed|date=November 2015}} *[[Warunta River]] * [[Patuca River]] is the largest in Honduras and the second largest in Central America. **[[Wampú River]] **[[Guayambre River]] **[[Guayape River]] ***[[Tinto River (Guayape)|Tinto River]] ***[[Talgua River]] ***[[Telica River]] ***[[Jalan River]] *[[Sigre River]] *[[Plátano River]] *[[Río Sico Tinto Negro]] (Tinto River) **[[Sico River]] **[[Paulaya River]] *[[Aguán River]] **[[Yaguala River]] (Mangulile River) *[[Papaloteca River]] *[[Cangrejal River]] *[[Danto River]] *[[Cuero River]] *[[Leán River]] *[[Tela River]] * [[Ulúa River]] is the most important river economically.{{citation needed|date=November 2015}} **[[Humuya River]] ***[[Sulaco River]] **[[Río Blanco (Honduras)|Blanco River]] **[[Otoro River]] (Río Grande de Otoro) ***[[Río Gualcarque]] **[[Jicatuyo River]] ***[[Higuito River]] *[[Chamelecón River]] *[[Motagua River]] **[[Cuyamel River]]
=== Pacific Ocean ===
*[[Choluteca River]] *[[Goascorán River]] forms the [[El Salvador]] - Honduras border. *[[Guarajambala River]] *[[Lempa River]] *[[Mocal River]] *[[Nacaome River]] **[[Petacon River]] **[[Azacualpa River]] **[[De la Sonta River]] *[[Negro River (Central America)|Negro River]] *[[Sumpul River]] *[[Torola River]]
==See also== * {{portal-inline|Honduras}} * [[List of rivers of the Americas by coastline]]
==References== {{Reflist}} *{{cite web|url=https://geonames.nga.mil/namesgaz/|title=GEONet Names Server|website=[[National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency]]|access-date=June 25, 2021}}, [[GEOnet Names Server]]
{{Honduras topics}} {{North America topic|List of rivers of}}
[[Category:Rivers of Honduras|*]] [[Category:Lists of rivers by country|Honduras]] [[Category:Lists of landforms of Honduras|Rivers]] [[Category:Lists of rivers of Central America|Honduras]]