La Venta River

The La Venta River is a river of Chiapas state in southern Mexico. It is a tributary of the Grijalva River.

For the river in Puerto Rico, see Río La Venta.
La Venta River
Aguacero waterfall, La Venta canyon, Ocozocuautla, Chiapas
Location
CountryMexico
Physical characteristics
Mouth 
 • location
Grijalva River, now Malpaso Reservoir

The La Venta River runs through a canyon 84 km in length, with limestone canyon walls soaring up to 500 meters above the river. The porous limestone has eroded into karst landscape, with sinkholes, fissures, dolines and caverns. These include the cavern called the Arch of Time (El Arco del Tiempo), which opens directly onto the river.[1]

The La Venta canyon is within the Selva El Ocote Biosphere Reserve.[1]

See also

References
  1. "El Arco del Tiempo del Río La Venta". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Accessed 30 September 2021.
  • "Atlas of Mexico – River Basins (Map from book)". lib.utexas.edu. 1975. Archived from the original on 2011-11-07.
  • The Prentice Hall American World Atlas, 1984.
  • Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.

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