Usumacinta

[ oo-soo-mah-seen-tah ]

noun

1. a river in Central America, flowing NW along the W Guatemala-SE Mexico border, through Mexico, to the Gulf of Campeche. About 600 miles (965 km) long.

Example Sentences

Typical of these rivers are the Grijalva and the Usumacinta.

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This is just what we do find in the group of ruins on the Usumacinta River of which we have already given a short account.

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Some hours more and we reach the broad level, and set up our tents on the Chotal, a tributary of the Usumacinta.

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We raise our camp, en route for the Yalchilan Pass, and arrive in the evening on the right bank of the Usumacinta.

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Above this fork the Usumacinta is a fine broad stream, sometimes more than half a mile from bank to bank.

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