The Salinas is a river in Guatemala. The river is called RÃÂo Negro from its sources (located at ) in the highlands of Huehuetenango and El Quiché until it reaches the Chixoy hydroelectric dam (located at ), where the RÃÂo Salama and Rio Carchela converge with the RÃÂo Negro. After the Chixoy dam, the river is called RÃÂo Chixoy and flows northwards through Alta Verapaz until it reaches the border with Mexico. It continues along the border for as the Salinas river until it finally converges with the RÃÂo de la Pasión (at ) to form the Usumacinta river which flows into the Gulf of Mexico.
Guatemala's National Institute for Electricity (INDE) is planning the construction of a new hydroelectric dam on the Chixoy river. The proposed location of the Xalalá hydroelectric dam is situated at . in the municipality of Ixcán, El Quiché.