Coco River

Coco River
formerly Segovia River

River, Central America.

Rising in southern Honduras, it flows 485 mi (780 km) to enter the Caribbean Sea at Cape Gracias a Dios. In 1961 its middle and lower course was declared the international boundary between Honduras and Nicaragua. Only the lower 140 mi (225 km) are navigable.

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Spanish  Río Coco,  

      river in southern Honduras and northern Nicaragua, rising west of the town of San Marcos de Colón, in southern Honduras, near the Honduras-Nicaragua border. The Coco flows generally eastward into Nicaragua, then turns northward near Mount Kilambé. For much of its middle and lower course the river flows generally northeastward, forming a delta and emptying into the Caribbean Sea at Cape Gracias a Dios through three main channels. After much litigation, in 1961 its middle and lower course was declared the international boundary between Honduras and Nicaragua. Although its total length is 485 miles (780 km), only the lower 140 miles (225 km) are navigable. Formerly known as the Segovia and the Wanks, it is not of great economic significance, although there is some placer gold mining along its course, and it is used for floating timber cut from the densely forested Caribbean lowlands.

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