Rio de Oro is a river of

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 ...

and Venezuela.

Geography

Río de Oro has its source on the eastern slope of the

serranía de Los Motilones The Serranía de Los Motilones is a mountain range A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similari ...

, in the

Catatumbo Barí Natural Park 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 ri ...

(extreme north of the Norte de Santander Department of

). It then flows eastward following the Venezuelan border, going to Venezuela then join the Catatumbo River. in the state of Zulia.

References

Rivers of Colombia Rivers of Venezuela Maracaibo basin International rivers of South America Río de Oro Border rivers {{Venezuela-river-stub