2018 Río Medellín y estación de metro Poblado

The Medellín River ( es, Río Medellín), called Porce River ( es, Río Porce) during most of its course, is a

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

that flows through the

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

n city of

Medellín Medellín ( or ), officially the Municipality of Medellín ( es, Municipio de Medellín), is the second-largest city in Colombia, after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia. It is located in the Aburrá Valley, a central re ...

and its

metropolitan area A metropolitan area or metro is a region that consists of a densely populated urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories sharing industries, commercial areas, transport network, infrastructures and housing. A metro area usually com ...

. For many years an organization called Mi Río (My River) was involved in river cleanup projects. For the river's first , it is referred to as the Medellín, and after that it is known as the Porce. It is a tributary of the

Nechi River Nechi may refer to: * Nechí Nechi is a town and municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia. Climate Nechí has a tropical rainforest climate A tropical rainforest climate, humid tropical climate or equatorial climate is a tropic ...

, which flows in turn into the

Cauca River The Cauca River () is a river in Colombia that lies between the Occidental and Central cordilleras. From its headwaters in southwestern Colombia near the city of Popayán, it joins the Magdalena River near Magangue in Bolivar Department, and th ...

. Every year, the

Christmas lighting of Medellín Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. A feast central to the Christian liturgical year, ...

takes place on the Medellín River.

Porce III Dam

The river is the site of the

Porce III Dam The Porce III Dam is an embankment dam on the Porce River northeast of Medellín in Antioquia Department, Colombia. The dam was constructed between 2004 and 2011 for the primary purpose of hydroelectric power generation. Background Between ...

, which was completed in 2011.

References

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