| Escalante River | |
| Pushpin Map: | Venezuela |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Mouth location in Venezuela |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 9.246°N -71.7854°W |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Venezuela |
The Escalante River (es|Rio Escalante) is a river of Venezuela. It drains into Lake Maracaibo.
The river rises in the Venezuelan Andes.It then flows through the Maracaibo dry forests ecoregion before emptying into Lake Maracaibo.