Guavio River
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Guavio River 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
is situated on the Guavio River.
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
. It is a right tributary of the Upía River
Upía River
Upía River is a river of Colombia. It is a tributary of the Meta River, part of the Orinoco River basin.-References:*Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993....
, in the drainage area of the Orinoco
Orinoco
The Orinoco is one of the longest rivers in South America at . Its drainage basin, sometimes called the Orinoquia, covers , with 76.3% of it in Venezuela and the remainder in Colombia...
.
Important tributaries are the Chivor and Garagoa Rivers.
The Alberto Lleras Dam
Alberto Lleras Dam
The Alberto Lleras Dam, also known as the Guavio Dam, is a rock-fill embankment dam on the Guavio River near Guavio, Colombia. The dam was built in 1989 and is currently one of the tallest dams in the world, with a height of...
is situated on the Guavio River.