Chaa Creek is a small tributary of the Macal River. It is located in the Cayo District of Belize on the border with Guatemala. The Chaa Creek Nature Reserve is a noted area for birdwatching. Over 300 species of birds have been sighted there. Additionally it was a site of several Mayan settlements. Unfortunately there were few archaeological digs in the area so it is hard to say whether it was an independent state or mere peasant communities adjacent to the Cahal Pech Archeological Site nearby.
There are Maya ruins that remain largely
unexcavated in the Chaa Creek catchment basin; certain early
research was conducted on the archaeology at Chaa Creek in 1997 by
Harvard University. Significant pottery finds and other artifacts
have been recovered at the Chaa Creek site, which is posited to be a
satellite site of Xunantunich.
The underlying geology of this
watershed can be characterized as limestone associations of
foothills of the Maya Mountains.