Cupatitzio River

Cupatitzio River in Uruapan National Park, Michoacan.

The Cupatitzio River is a river of Michoacan state in Southwestern Mexico.

Course

It has its main headwaters are in Uruapan National Park, in Uruapan municipality. Near its source are two waterfalls, the larger Tzararacua and the smaller Tzararacuita (little Tzararacua).

After flowing some distance in the Chiapas Highlands ("Altiplano") of western-central Michoacan State, the river takes a course mainly towards the south.

It drains into the Balsas River which, in turn, empties into the Pacific Ocean.

See also

• List of rivers of Mexico

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References

• Utexas.edu: Atlas of Mexico — Map of the rivers and river basins of Mexico (1975).
• The Prentice Hall American World Atlas, 1984.
• Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.