The Pance River flows along the southern side of

Cali, Colombia Santiago de Cali (), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,227,642 residents according to the 2018 census. The city spans with of urban area, making Cali the second ...

and is a popular place for locals for recreation and leisure activities. It is one of the only rivers in the city that is not polluted, and in which people can still swim. The Pance River is one of the major rivers in Cali. Its source is in the Farallones de Cali, in the Pico Pance, the highest mountain in the Western Cordillera, at over . The river is more than long and flows in a west–east direction into the river Jamundí-turn, a tributary of the

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, draining a catchment area of . Pance has a flow rate of passing through the station Comfamiliar Pance. In the initial part the waters are fast, cool and clear, showing low levels of contamination. The river is a popular destination for the inhabitants of Cali. In the area known as the Maelstrom there are several restaurants and recreational parks.

Ecology

Along with the rivers Claro and

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, the number of species of

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in and around the forests of the Pance river watershed is considerably higher than other sites at a given altitude range.

Ecology

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