Río De Oro (Catatumbo)
Rio de Oro is a river of Colombia and Venezuela. Geography Río de Oro has its source on the eastern slope of the serranía de Los Motilones, in the Catatumbo Barí Natural Park (extreme north of the Norte de Santander Department of Colombia). It then flows eastward following the Colombia-Venezuela border, Venezuelan border, going to Venezuela then join the Catatumbo River. in the state of Zulia. References

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River
A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of its course if it runs out of water, or only flow during certain seasons. Rivers are regulated by the water cycle, the processes by which water moves around the Earth. Water first enters rivers through precipitation, whether from rainfall, the Runoff (hydrology), runoff of water down a slope, the melting of glaciers or snow, or seepage from aquifers beneath the surface of the Earth. Rivers flow in channeled watercourses and merge in confluences to form drainage basins, or catchments, areas where surface water eventually flows to a common outlet. Rivers have a great effect on the landscape around them. They may regularly overflow their Bank (geography), banks and flood the surrounding area, spreading nutrients to the surrounding area. Sedime ...
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