- Kutalika: 111 km;
- Chitsime: Guatemala;
- Estuary: Nyanja ya Caribbean;
- Mayiko: Guatemala, Belize.
Mtsinje wa Sarstun ndi umodzi mwa mitsinje yambiri komanso yambiri ku Central America. Amayenda kumwera kwa Belize , m'chigawo cha Toledo, ndi kummawa kwa Guatemala. Sarstun amachokera ku Sierra de Santa Cruz (Guatemala) ndipo ambiri omwe alipo (111 km) ndi malire a chilengedwe pakati pa Guatemala ndi Belize. Lili ndi zigawo zingapo, chiwerengero chonse cha nsomba ndi makilomita okwana 2303. Pali mitundu yambiri yosungirako zachilengedwe yomwe yapangidwa m'mphepete mwa mtsinjewu. M'tsinde la Mtsinje wa Sarstun, apezeka ku mafuta ochuluka ochokera ku Guatemala, ndipo chitukuko chikuchitika.
Chikhalidwe cha Mtsinje wa Sarstun
Amachokera ku mapiri a Sierra de Guatemala, ndipo chisanu chimasungunuka pamenepo, madzi amtsinjewu amanyamuka. Kuyambira pa May mpaka June, madzi ake amatsika mofulumira kuchokera kumapiri, kupita ku Bay Bay - imodzi mwa malo akuluakulu a nyanja ya Caribbean. Pamwamba pamtsinjewu mumatchedwa Rio Chahal, ndipo pakati ndi kumunsi, kumene umadutsa ku Belize, umasintha dzina lake ku Sarstun ndipo umayenda pakati pa mayiko awiri kupita pakamwa. Dera lomwe lili pamtsinje wa Belize ndi paki ya Temash-Sarstun ndipo ili pansi pa chitetezo cha boma. Kufupi ndi mtsinjewu, paki imakula mtengo wokhawokha ku Belize. Momwe mitengo yambiri yam'mphepete mwa nyanja ya Sarstun yakhalira, idapangitsa kuti nthaka iwonongeke komanso kuwonongeka kwakukulu kwa madzi. Kuchokera nthawi imeneyo, boma lakhala likusamalira kusungika kwa zachilengedwe m'mbali mwa nyanja. Ichi ndi ntchito yofunikira, chifukwa ndalama ndi umoyo wa anthu okhalamo zimadalira nsomba.
Kodi mungapeze bwanji?
Mtsinje Sarstun umathamangira kumwera kwa dziko la Temash-Sarstun, 180 km kuchokera ku likulu la Belize - Belmopan . Mzinda waukulu kwambiri ku mtsinje ndi Punta Gorda, likulu la chigawo cha Toledo, lomwe lili pamtunda wa makilomita 20 kuchokera pakamwa pake. Mutha kufika ku Punta Gorda mwina pagalimoto kapena pamsewu - ndege yochokera ku Belmopan.