Chicamocha River is a river of
Boyacá and
Santander
Santander may refer to:
Places
* Santander, Spain, a port city and capital of the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain
* Santander Department, a department of Colombia
* Santander State, former state of Colombia
* Santander de Quilichao, a m ...
in central-eastern
Colombia. It is part of the
Magdalena river system that flows into the
Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea ( es, Mar Caribe; french: Mer des Caraïbes; ht, Lanmè Karayib; jam, Kiaribiyan Sii; nl, Caraïbische Zee; pap, Laman Karibe) is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico ...
.
Chicamocha River originates in the municipality of
Tuta in the
department of
Boyacá, flows through the department of
Santander
Santander may refer to:
Places
* Santander, Spain, a port city and capital of the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain
* Santander Department, a department of Colombia
* Santander State, former state of Colombia
* Santander de Quilichao, a m ...
and joins the
Suárez and
Fonce Rivers to form the
Sogamoso River
Sogamoso River () is a river of northern Colombia. It flows into the Magdalena River and on to the Caribbean Sea. The Sogamoso Dam on the river near Bucaramanga was completed in 2014.
See also
* List of rivers of Colombia
References
Furthe ...
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PANACHI national park
The
Chicamocha Canyon
The Chicamocha Canyon ( , es, Cañón del Chicamocha) is a steep sided canyon carved by the Chicamocha River in Colombia. With a maximum depth of , an area of and a length of , the canyon is the second-largest worldwide. The canyon is situated ...
is a
national park (PANACHI; PArque NAcional de CHIcamocha) and major tourist destination in Colombia. It was preselected for the election of natural wonders of the world.
«El cañón del Chicamocha fue preseleccionado en el concurso de maravillas naturales del planeta»
- El Tiempo - accessed 19-04-2016
Gallery
File:Satelital alto chicamocha.jpg, Alto Chicamocha; Paipa, Duitama, Sogamoso
File:Cañón del Chicamocha 2014-09-21 (3).jpg, Course of the Chicamocha River through its canyon
File:Rio Chicamocha on PANACHI 02.JPG, Chicamocha River, Panachi
See also
* List of rivers of Colombia
* Chicamocha Canyon
The Chicamocha Canyon ( , es, Cañón del Chicamocha) is a steep sided canyon carved by the Chicamocha River in Colombia. With a maximum depth of , an area of and a length of , the canyon is the second-largest worldwide. The canyon is situated ...
* Guane people
The Guane were a South American people that lived mainly in the area of Santander and north of Boyacá, both departments of present-day central-Colombia. They were farmers cultivating cotton, pineapple and other crops, and skilled artisans worki ...
References
External links
Elections 7 new natural wonders of the world
Satellite photo of the Chicamocha Canyon, Pescadero sector
ikiMapia
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Albesiano, Sofía y J. Orlando Rangel-Ch. 2003. La vegetación del cañón del río Chicamocha (Santander, Colombia). Caldasia, 25(1):73-99
Videos
Parque Nacional del Chicamocha
Official video Parque Nacional del Chicamocha 2009
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