San Pedro Mezquital River
River in Mexico
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The San Pedro Mezquital River (Spanish: Río San Pedro Mezquital) is a river of Nayarit, Mexico.[1]
| Río San Pedro Mezquital Río San Pedro | |
|---|---|
  Location of mouth | |
| Location | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Nayarit, Durango |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• location | Pacific Ocean |
• coordinates | 21°56′22″N 105°21′01″W |
| Length | 540 km |
Basin size | 27,674 km2 |
The river originates in the Sierra Madre Occidental, and flows through Durango and Nayarit states to empty into the Pacific Ocean in Marismas Nacionales Biosphere Reserve.[2]
Fish
A few fish species are native to the San Pedro Mezquital River. Among these are the two surviving Characodon splitfin species, which are both highly threatened.[3] The extinct Durango shiner (Notropis aulidion) was native to the Rio Tunal, which forms the headwaters of the San Pedro Mezquital, a Pacific slope river rising near Durango City, Durango, Mexico (Chernoff and Miller 1986). It was taken there only in 1951 and 1961.[4]
