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

Pozo said the local people — who he knows through his work with the Biodiversity Conservation of The Usumacinta group — have tried to help the monkeys they see around their farms.

From Seattle Times

For the study, Pease traveled to the states of Tabasco and Chiapas, where she investigated the snook's almost 400-mile migration up into the rainforest habitat of the Usumacinta River.

From Science Daily

A man who helped board the migrants for the five-minute boat ride Sunday from Guatemala across the Usumacinta River knew the count because each one received a ticket.

From Seattle Times

No, this is the Usumacinta River, which forms the border between Mexico and Guatemala in the Lacandon Jungle of Mexico’s southern Chiapas state.

From Los Angeles Times

The Usumacinta — where howler monkeys screech from overhanging trees, crocodiles lounge on sandbanks and jaguars prowl adjacent rainforest — is more than 1,000 miles from the mostly arid environs of the Rio Grande.

From Los Angeles Times