Amazon River
The Amazon River (, ; es, Río Amazonas, pt, Rio Amazonas) in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and the disputed longest river system in the world in comparison to the Nile.
The headwaters of t ...
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Guainía River
The Rio Negro ( pt, Rio Negro, br ; es, Río Negro} "''Black River''"), or Guainía as it is known in its upper part, is the largest left tributary of the Amazon River (accounting for about 14% of the water in the Amazon basin), the largest bl ...
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Vaupés River
Vaupés River (Uaupés River) is a tributary of the Rio Negro in South America. It rises in the Guaviare Department of Colombia, flowing east through Guaviare and Vaupés Departments. It forms part of the international border between the Vaupés ...
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Papuri River Papuri may refer to:
*Papuri Island, an island of the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia.
*Papurí River
The Papurí River ( es, Río Papurí, pt, Rio Papuri) is a river in South America. It emerges in the Vaupés Department of Colombia and f ...
Cuiari River
Cuiari River is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 m ...
Caquetá River Caquetá may refer to:
* Caquetá River, a river in Colombia
* Caquetá Territory
The Caquetá Territory ( es, Territorio del Caquetá) was a national territory of the Republic of New Granada and the subsequent states of the Granadine Confederat ...
Traíra River
Traíra River is a river of Colombia and Brazil. It is part of the Amazon River basin. It is a tributary of the Apaporis River.
The Taraira River or Traíra River is a river forms part of the boundary of Colombia and Brazil.
West bank of the ri ...
Miritiparaná River
Miritiparaná River is a river of Colombia. It is part of the Amazon River basin.
See also
*List of rivers of Colombia
Atlantic Ocean
Amazon River Basin
* Amazon River
** Guainía River or Negro River
*** Vaupés River or Uaupés River
**** ...
Caguán River
The Caguán River ( es, Río Caguán, ) is a river of Colombia. It is a tributary of the Caquetá River in the Amazon River basin.
It defines the eastern boundary of the Napo moist forests ecoregion.
See also
*List of rivers of Colombia
Atlan ...
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Guayas River
The Guayas River also called Rio Guayas is a major river in western Ecuador. It gives name to Guayas Province and is the most important river in South America that does not flow into the Atlantic Ocean or any of its marginal seas. Its total lengt ...
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Mecaya River
Mecaya River is a river of Colombia. It is part of the Amazon River basin.
See also
* List of rivers of Colombia
References
*Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
Rivers of Colombia
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Orteguaza River
Orteguaza River () is a river of Colombia, located in the Department of Caqueta. It is part of the Amazon River basin.
See also
* List of rivers of Colombia
References
*Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
Rivers of Colombia
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Putumayo River
The Putumayo River or Içá River ( es, Río Putumayo, pt, Rio Içá) is one of the tributaries of the Amazon River, southwest of and parallel to the Japurá River.
Course
The Putumayo River forms part of Colombia's border with Ecuador, as well ...
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Cotuhé River
Cotuhé River () is a river of Colombia. It is part of the Amazon River basin and is a tributary of the Putumayo River.
See also
*List of rivers of Colombia
Atlantic Ocean
Amazon River Basin
* Amazon River
** Guainía River or Negro River
* ...
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Igara Paraná River
Igara Paraná River () is a river of Colombia. It is part of the Amazon River basin and is a tributary of the Putumayo River.
See also
*List of rivers of Colombia
Atlantic Ocean
Amazon River Basin
* Amazon River
** Guainía River or Negro R ...
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Cara Paraná River
Cara Paraná River is a river of Colombia. It is part of the Amazon River basin and is a tributary of the Putumayo River.
See also
*List of rivers of Colombia
Atlantic Ocean
Amazon River Basin
* Amazon River
** Guainía River or Negro River ...
Guamués River
Guamués River is a river of Colombia. It is part of the Amazon River basin and is a tributary of the Putumayo River
The Putumayo River or Içá River ( es, Río Putumayo, pt, Rio Içá) is one of the tributaries of the Amazon River, southwest ...
Orinoco River Basin
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Orinoco River
The Orinoco () is one of the longest rivers in South America at . Its drainage basin, sometimes known as the Orinoquia, covers , with 76.3 percent of it in Venezuela and the remainder in Colombia. It is the fourth largest river in the wor ...
** ''Apure River'' (Venezuela)
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Sarare River
Sarare River is a river of Colombia. It is part of the Orinoco River watershed.
See also
*List of rivers of Colombia
Atlantic Ocean
Amazon River Basin
* Amazon River
** Guainía River or Negro River
*** Vaupés River or Uaupés River
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Arauca River
The Arauca River ( es, Río Arauca) rises in the Andes Mountains of north-central Colombia and ends at the Orinoco in Venezuela. For part of its run it is the boundary between Colombia and Venezuela. The major city on its banks is Arauca, Col ...
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Capanaparo River
Capanaparo River is a river of Colombia and Venezuela. It is part of the Orinoco River basin. In Venezuela together with the Cinaruco River, other smaller rivers and the area around them they form the Santos Luzardo National Park since 1988.
Se ...
Meta River
The Meta River is a major left tributary of the Orinoco River in eastern Colombia and southern Venezuela, South America. The Meta originates in the Eastern Ranges of the Andes and flows through the Meta Department, Colombia as the confluence of ...
Casanare River
Casanare River () is a river in Colombia. It is part of the Orinoco River basin.
See also
*List of rivers of Colombia
Atlantic Ocean
Amazon River Basin
* Amazon River
** Guainía River or Negro River
*** Vaupés River or Uaupés River
*** ...
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Ariporo River
Ariporo River is a river of Colombia. It is part of the Orinoco River basin.
See also
*List of rivers of Colombia
Atlantic Ocean
Amazon River Basin
* Amazon River
** Guainía River or Negro River
*** Vaupés River or Uaupés River
**** Pap ...
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Cravo Norte River
Cravo Norte River is a river of Colombia. It is part of the Orinoco River basin.
See also
*List of rivers of Colombia
Atlantic Ocean
Amazon River Basin
* Amazon River
** Guainía River or Negro River
*** Vaupés River or Uaupés River
*** ...
Cravo Sur River
Cravo Sur River is a river of Colombia. It is part of the Orinoco River basin.
See also
*List of rivers of Colombia
Atlantic Ocean
Amazon River Basin
* Amazon River
** Guainía River or Negro River
*** Vaupés River or Uaupés River
**** ...
Manacacías River
Manacacías River is a river of Colombia. It is part of the Orinoco River
The Orinoco () is one of the longest rivers in South America at . Its drainage basin, sometimes known as the Orinoquia, covers , with 76.3 percent of it in Venezuel ...
Upía River
Upía River, a river in Colombia originating at Lake Tota (5°29'31" N, 72°56'04" W), is a tributary of the Meta River flowing into the Orinoco River
The Orinoco () is one of the longest rivers in South America at . Its drainage basin, somet ...
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Guavio River
Guavio River (Spanish: ''Río Guavio'') is a river of central Colombia. It is a right tributary of the Upía River, in the drainage area of the Orinoco.
Important tributaries are the Chivor and Garagoa Rivers.
The Alberto Lleras Dam
The Alb ...
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Lengupá River The Lengupá is a river in the department of Boyacá, Colombia giving its name to the valley and the province it crosses. The Lengupá flows into the Upía River, which in turn flows into the Meta River
The Meta River is a major left tributary ...
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Tomo River
Tomo River is a river of Colombia. It is part of the Orinoco River basin.
See also
*List of rivers of Colombia
Atlantic Ocean
Amazon River Basin
* Amazon River
** Guainía River or Negro River
*** Vaupés River or Uaupés River
**** Papu ...
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Tuparro River
Tuparro River is a river of Colombia found in Vichada Department. It gives its name to El Tuparro National Natural Park. Tuparro is part of the Orinoco River basin.
See also
*List of rivers of Colombia
Atlantic Ocean
Amazon River Basin
* Am ...
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Vichada River
The Vichada River ( es, Río Vichada, ) is a blackwater river in the country of Colombia, South America. It flows into the Orinoco River.
The eastward course of the Vichada is offset by an impact structure
An impact structure is a generally ...
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Guaviare River
The Guaviare is a tributary of the Orinoco in Colombia. It flows together with the upper Orinoco (until here also called Río Parágua), which it clearly surpasses in length (altogether about 1760 km) and water flow. Thus, the Guaviare is hydrolo ...
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Inírida River
The Inírida (, Spanish: Río Inírida) is a river in the north-west of South America, in the territory of Colombia, the largest tributary of the Guaviare (the Orinoco River basin).
The length of the river is , of which are navigable for small ...
Ariari River
The Ariari River is a river of Colombia, located entirely within the Meta Department. Part of the Orinoco River basin, it merges with the Guayabero River to forms the Guaviare River
The Guaviare is a tributary of the Orinoco in Colombia. It f ...
Guayabero River
The Guayabero River is a river of Colombia. It is primarily located in the Meta Department, forming a portion of its border with the Guaviare Department. It is part of the Orinoco River basin. Its confluence with the Ariari River
The Ariari Ri ...
Catatumbo River
The Catatumbo River ( es, Río Catatumbo) is a river rising in northern Colombia, flowing into Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela. The Catatumbo River is approximately long. It forms a part of the international boundary between the two countries. The ...
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Zulia River
Zulia River () is a river in Venezuela and Colombia. It is a tributary of the Catatumbo River. The Zulia forms a small part of the international boundary between the two countries.
Zulia
Zulia State ( es, Estado Zulia, ; Wayuu: ''Mma’ipaka ...
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Pamplonita River
The Pamplonita River is the main river of the Colombian city of Cúcuta and one of the most important of the Norte de Santander Department.
The Pamplonita River was used to transport cacao, the main form of wealth in the region and a major axis o ...
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Táchira River
The Táchira River is a river located in Táchira and it divides the border that exists between Venezuela and Colombia in that western state.
The Simón Bolívar International Bridge across the Táchira River connects the city of San Antonio del ...
Atrato River
The Atrato River () is a river of northwestern Colombia. It rises in the slopes of the Western Cordillera and flows almost due north to the Gulf of Urabá (or Gulf of Darién), where it forms a large, swampy delta. Its course crosses the Cho ...
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Salaqúí River
The Salaquí River is a river of Colombia. It drains into the Caribbean Sea via the Atrato River.
See also
*List of rivers of Colombia
Atlantic Ocean
Amazon River Basin
* Amazon River
** Guainía River or Negro River
*** Vaupés River or Ua ...
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Sucio River
The Sucio River (Spanish: Río Sucio, ) is a river of Costa Rica. The river gets its name from the sulfur deposits found on the Irazú Volcano, which give the waters a brownish color. It is a tributary of the Río San Juan.Bojayá River
** Murrí River
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Fundación River
The Fundación River is a river in northern Colombia, originating from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in the Cesar Department but flows down to the Magdalena Department crossing the town and municipality of Fundación
Fundación is a town a ...
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Leon River
The Leon River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas. It has three primary forks - the North, Middle, and South Leon Rivers, which meet near Eastland and then run for around until it meets with the Lampasas River and the Salado Creek to form ...
Magdalena River
The Magdalena River ( es, Río Magdalena, ; less commonly ) is the main river of Colombia, flowing northward about through the western half of the country. It takes its name from the biblical figure Mary Magdalene. It is navigable through much of ...
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Cesar River
The Cesar River ( es, Río Cesar) is a river in northern Colombia which is a part of the Magdalena Basin. It flows through the Cesar-Ranchería Basin and separates the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta from the mountain ranges of the Serranía del Pe ...
Guatapurí River
The Guatapurí River, or Rio Guatapurí in Spanish, is a river that flows from the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta into the Cesar River in northern Colombia by the city of Valledupar. In the indigenous Chimila language
Chimila ( ...
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San Jorge River
The San Jorge River is a river in Colombia that begins in National Park Paramillo ( departments of Antioquia and Córdoba) and that runs between the mountains of San Geronimo and Ayapel before flowing into the River Cauca in Sucre Department. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Medellín River
The Medellín River ( es, Río Medellín), called Porce River ( es, Río Porce) during most of its course, is a river that flows through the Colombian city of Medellín and its metropolitan area. For many years an organization called Mi Río (My ...
La Vieja River
La Vieja River ( es, Río La Vieja) is a river in the Colombian departments of Quindío, Valle del Cauca and Risaralda. It is a major tributary of the Cauca River.
The river is formed by the joining of the Quindío River and the Barragán ...
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Quindío River
Quindío River ( es, Río Quindío) is the principal river of the department of Quindío, Colombia. It combines with the Barragán River at the Valle de Maravelez to form La Vieja River, in turn a tributary of the Cauca River.
Quindío River Is ...
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Cali River
The Cali River is a river of western Colombia. It flows through the city of Cali and drains into the Cauca River. Its headwaters are in the Farallones de Cali of the Cordillera Occidental.
See also
*List of rivers of Colombia
Atlantic Ocean
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*** Jamundí River
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Pance River
The Pance River flows along the southern side of Cali, Colombia 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 ...
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Lebrija River
Lebrija River is a river of northern Colombia. It originates in the Cordillera Oriental (Colombia), Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes in Piedecuesta and flows through the northern part of the department of Santander Department, Santander into ...
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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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Chicamocha River
Chicamocha River is a river of Boyacá and Santander in central-eastern Colombia. It is part of the Magdalena river system that flows into the Caribbean Sea.
Chicamocha River originates in the municipality of Tuta in the department of Boyac ...
Carare River
Carare River is a river of northern Colombia. It flows into the Caribbean Sea.
See also
*List of rivers of Colombia
Atlantic Ocean
Amazon River Basin
* Amazon River
** Guainía River or Negro River
*** Vaupés River or Uaupés River
**** ...
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Nare River
Nare River is a river of northern Colombia. It 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 Atl ...
La Miel River
La Miel is a river in Colombia and a tributary of the Magdalena River. The river originates in the Cordillera Central of the Andes and its watershed is located within the Caldas Department. Tributaries of La Miel include the Tenerife, Salado, Mans ...
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Negro River Río Negro (Spanish and Portuguese, 'Black River') may refer to:
Rivers
Brazil
* Rio Negro (Amazon), tributary of the Amazon River
* Rio Negro (Mato Grosso do Sul)
* Rio Negro (Paraná)
* Rio Negro (Rio de Janeiro)
* Rio Negro (Rondônia)
* ...
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Bogotá River
The Bogotá River is a major river of the Cundinamarca department of Colombia. A right tributary of the Magdalena River, the Bogotá River crosses the region from the northeast to the southwest and passing along the western limits of Bogotá. The ...
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Soacha River
The Soacha River is a river on the Bogotá savanna and a left tributary of the Bogotá River.
Etymology
Soacha is derived from Muysccubun, the indigenous language of the Muisca, who inhabited the Bogotá savanna before the Spanish conquest and ...
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Bojacá River
The Bojacá River is a river on the Bogotá savanna and a right tributary of the Bogotá River.
Etymology
Bojacá is derived from Muysccubun, the indigenous language of the Muisca, who inhabited the Bogotá savanna before the Spanish conquest a ...
Tunjuelo River
The Tunjuelo or Tunjuelito River is a river on the Bogotá savanna and a left tributary of the Bogotá River. The river, with a length of originates in the Sumapaz Páramo and flows northward through the Usme Synclinal to enter the Colombian capit ...
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Fucha River
The Fucha River is a river on the Bogotá savanna and a left tributary of the Bogotá River. The river originates in the Eastern Hills of the Colombian capital Bogotá and flows westward through the city into the Bogotá River. It is one of the ...
Teusacá River
The Teusacá River is a river in the Eastern Hills of Bogotá and on the Bogotá savanna. It is a left tributary of the Bogotá River, Colombia. The river of long originates at an elevation of at the Alto Los Tunjos, Santa Fe, and flows northw ...
Sumapaz River
The Sumapaz River ( es, Río Sumapaz) is a major tributary of the Magdalena River in Colombia. The long river originates in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes at the largest páramo in the world; Sumapaz, of which it takes its name. It form ...
Guavio River
Guavio River (Spanish: ''Río Guavio'') is a river of central Colombia. It is a right tributary of the Upía River, in the drainage area of the Orinoco.
Important tributaries are the Chivor and Garagoa Rivers.
The Alberto Lleras Dam
The Alb ...
Saldaña River
The Saldaña River is a river of Colombia. It drains into the Caribbean Sea via the Magdalena River
The Magdalena River ( es, Río Magdalena, ; less commonly ) is the main river of Colombia, flowing northward about through the western half of t ...
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Cabrera River
The Cabrera River is a river of Colombia. It drains into the Caribbean Sea via the Magdalena River
The Magdalena River ( es, Río Magdalena, ; less commonly ) is the main river of Colombia, flowing northward about through the western half of the ...
Páez River
The Páez River (Río Páez ) is a river in southwestern Colombia. It is a tributary of the Magdalena River which drains into the Caribbean Sea. It flows into the Magdalena just south of the village of Remolino del Vicho.
Earthquake
On 6 June 199 ...
Mulatos River
The Mulatos River is a river of Urabá Antioquia, Colombia. It drains into the Caribbean Sea.
See also
*List of rivers of Colombia
Atlantic Ocean
Amazon River Basin
* Amazon River
** Guainía River or Negro River
*** Vaupés River or Uaup ...
Ranchería River
The Ranchería River ( es, Río Ranchería) is a river located in northern La Guajira Department, Colombia. Born in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta southern steps flows south, abruptly turns northeast and then north where it finally flows into th ...
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Sinú River
Sinú River (), is a river in northwestern Colombia that flows mostly through the Córdoba Department and into the Caribbean. The river is the third most important river after the Magdalena River and the Cauca River in the Caribbean Region. It i ...
Pacific Ocean
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Baudó River
The Baudó River ( es, Río Baudó, ;) is a river of Colombia. It drains into the Pacific Ocean.Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
Fauna
Fish
*''Andinoacara biseriatus'' - A Cichlid.
See also
* List of rivers of Colombia
* Pa ...
Dagua River
The Dagua River (''Río Dagua'') is a river in Valle del Cauca. Colombia. It generally flows north by northwest from the Farallones de Cali into the Pacific Ocean next to Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, Buenaventura. In recent years illegal mini ...
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Anchicayá River
The Anchicayá River in western Colombia has its headwaters in the Farallones de Cali and flows northwest into the Pacific Ocean at Buenaventura Bay. This watershed is known for its excellent biodiversity, especially with birds, amphibians and b ...
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Yurumanguí River
The Yurumanguí River is a river of Colombia. It drains into the Pacific Ocean.
See also
*List of rivers of Colombia
References
Rivers of Colombia
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San Juan de Micay River
The San Juan de Micay River is a river of Colombia. It drains into the Pacific Ocean.
The river basin is in the Chocó–Darién moist forests
The Chocó–Darién moist forests (NT0115) is an ecoregion in the west of Colombia and east of Panam ...
Tapaje River
The Tapaje River is a river which flows through Colombia. It empties into the Pacific Ocean.
An 1853 watercolor by Manuel María Paz (1820−1902) depicts three Indians by the Tapaje River, located in what was then the Province of Barbacoas: a ...
Patía River
The Patía River () is a river in southwestern Colombia. It flows over to drain into the Pacific Ocean north of Tumaco. The Patía River is the longest river on the Colombian Pacific Coast. The last is navigable by boat.
Geography
The Patía ...
Guáitara River
The Guáitara River ( es, Río Guáitara) is a river of Colombia. It is a tributary of the Patía River.
Course
The Guáitara River rises on the border of Ecuador and Colombia on the slopes of Chiles Volcano and initially flows east, eventuall ...
List of rivers of the Americas by coastline
This list of rivers of the Americas by coastline includes the major coastal rivers of the Americas arranged by country. A link to a map of rivers with known coordinates is listed at right. The ocean coasts are demarcated as follows:
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References
*Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993. GEOnet Names Server
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Rivers of Colombia
Atlantic Ocean
Amazon River Basin
* Amazon River
** Guainía River or Negro River
*** Vaupés River or Uaupés River
**** Papuri River
**** Querary River
*** Isana River or Içana River
**** Cuiari River
*** Aquio River
** Caquetá River ...