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{{Infobox river<br />
| name = Las Vacas River<br />
| image = <br />
| image_caption = <br />
| source1_location = [[Guatemala City]]<br />
| source1_coordinates = {{coord|14|36|27|N|90|29|44|W|region:GT|name=Sources of Las Vacas}}<br />
| mouth_location = Tributary of the [[Motagua River]]<br />
| mouth_coordinates = {{Wikidatacoord|Q6492492|region:GT|type:river|name=Mouth of Río Las Vacas|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = Country<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Guatemala]]<br />
| length = <br />
| source1_elevation = {{cvt|1800|m|ft}} <br />
| mouth_elevation = {{cvt|400|m|ft}} <br />
| discharge1_avg = <br />
| basin_size = <br />
}}<br />
The '''Las Vacas River''' is a river in [[Guatemala]]. It begins in the mountains on the eastern outskirts of [[Guatemala City]] and runs in a north-easterly direction to join the [[Motagua River]] where the departmental borders of [[El Progreso Department|El Progreso]], [[Baja Verapaz]] and [[Guatemala (department)|Guatemala]] converge. In its final kilometres, the river marks the limits between the departments of Guatemala and El Progreso.<br />
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The river is a major outlet for Guatemala City's raw [[sewage]]. Its highly [[water pollution|polluted]] waters contain little aquatic life, and contribute to the pollution of the Motagua river and the [[marine ecosystem]] in the [[Gulf of Honduras]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cdm.unfccc.int/UserManagement/FileStorage/0MNRNRB8TWQ7VD543SBOD39G5QB5A7 |format=pdf |author=UNFCCC - CDM Executive Board |title=Guatemala: Las Vacas Hydroelectric Project |access-date=February 22, 2009 |publisher=[[United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change]] |date=February 2005 |archive-date=July 23, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070723021159/http://cdm.unfccc.int/UserManagement/FileStorage/0MNRNRB8TWQ7VD543SBOD39G5QB5A7 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sam.usace.army.mil/en/wra/Guatemala/Guatemala%20WRA%20English.pdf |title=Water Resources Assessment of Guatemala |access-date=February 22, 2009 |publisher=US Army Corps of Engineers |date=June 2000 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109202921/http://www.sam.usace.army.mil/en/wra/Guatemala/Guatemala%20WRA%20English.pdf |archive-date=January 9, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Thattai |first=Deeptha |author2=Björn Kjerfve |author3=W. D. Heyman |date=December 2003 |title=Hydrometeorology and Variability of Water Discharge and Sediment Load in the Inner Gulf of Honduras, Western Caribbean |journal=Journal of Hydrometeorology |volume=4 |issue=6 |pages=985–995 |doi=10.1175/1525-7541(2003)004<0985:HAVOWD>2.0.CO;2 |bibcode=2003JHyMe...4..985T |doi-access=free }}</ref><br />
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The environmental NGO [[the Ocean Cleanup]] installed an interceptor in 2023 to catch trash and prevent it from reaching the Gulf of Honduras and the Caribbean Sea. <br />
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The [[Las Vacas Hydroelectric Dam]] spans the river about {{convert|18|km|mi}} north-east of Guatemala City in the municipality of [[Chinautla]], near the limits with [[San Pedro Ayampuc]], where it converges with one of its tributaries, the Quezada river.<br />
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On February 10, 2025, a [[2025 Guatemala City bus crash|bus fell off a bridge]] over the Las Vacas River, killing at least 55 people, and seriously injuring 9 others.<ref name=f24(es)>{{Cite web |url=https://www.france24.com/es/am%C3%A9rica-latina/20250210-al-menos-50-muertos-en-guatemala-tras-la-ca%C3%ADda-de-un-autob%C3%BAs-desde-un-puente |title=Al menos 55 muertos en Guatemala tras la caída de un autobús desde un puente |date=February 10, 2025 |website=France 24 |language=es |access-date=February 11, 2025 |archive-date=February 10, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250210184904/https://www.france24.com/es/am%C3%A9rica-latina/20250210-al-menos-50-muertos-en-guatemala-tras-la-ca%C3%ADda-de-un-autob%C3%BAs-desde-un-puente |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Rivers of Guatemala|Las Vacas]]<br />
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