The Naya River ( es, Río Naya) is a river in Colombia that flows into the Pacific Ocean.
The Naya forms the southern boundary of the
Farallones de Cali National Park
Farallones de Cali is a cluster of mountains in the Cordillera Occidental (Colombia), West Andes of Colombia. It is located west of the city of Santiago de Cali, Cali and gives rise to many of the rivers that provide water and electricity to Ca ...
.
The river is long, and is one of the main rivers of the Pacific slope and the
Cauca
The river rises in the Cerro Naya range, and runs through the municipality of
Buenos Aires, Cauca.
Lower down it serves as a boundary between the departments of
Valle del Cauca and Cauca.
The municipality of
Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca
Buenaventura is a coastal seaport city in the department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia ( South America). Buenaventura (Spanish for "good fortune") is the main port of Colombia in the Pacific Ocean.
Buenaventura is a city with a population of 33 ...
is on its left bank, and the municipality of
López de Micay
López de Micay () is a town and municipality in the Cauca Department, Colombia. The Colombian meteorological service IDEAM reports an average annual precipitation of , potentially making it the wettest inhabited place in the world; however, som ...
, Cauca on its right bank.
Tributaries include the Agua Clara river and the Canayero River.
The river divides into two branches near the ocean, and forms Ají Island between its two mouths.
The mouth of the river has extensive stands of mangroves, part of the
Esmeraldes-Pacific Colombia mangroves.
See also
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List of rivers of Colombia
References
Sources
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Rivers of Colombia
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