Pánuco River
| Pánuco River Río de Canoas | |
|---|---|
Tampico Bridge over Pánuco River | |
Major rivers of Mexico, with Pánuco near the center | |
| Native name | Río Pánuco (Spanish) |
| Location | |
| Country | Mexico |
| States | Mexico Hidalgo Querétaro San Luis Potosí Tamaulipas Veracruz |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Confluence of Moctezuma and Tampaón Rivers |
| • coordinates | 21°58′05″N 98°33′48″W / 21.96806°N 98.56333°W |
| • elevation | 3,800 metres (12,500 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Gulf of Mexico at Ciudad Madero |
• coordinates | 22°16′00″N 97°47′00″W / 22.26667°N 97.78333°W |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 510 kilometres (320 mi) |
| Basin size | 84,956 square kilometres (32,802 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Las Adjuntas |
| • average | 481 cubic metres per second (17,000 cu ft/s) |
The Pánuco River (Spanish: Río Pánuco, Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpanuko] ⓘ), also known as the Río de Canoas, is a river in Mexico fed by several tributaries including the Moctezuma River and emptying into the Gulf of Mexico. The river is approximately 510 kilometres (320 mi) long and passes through or borders the states of Mexico, Hidalgo, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, and Veracruz. According to the Atlas of Mexico, it is the fourth-largest river in Mexico by volume of runoff, and forms the sixth-largest river basin in Mexico by area.