List of rivers of Colombia
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This is a list of river
s in Colombia
arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
River
A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...
s in Colombia
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...
arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Amazon River Basin
- Amazon RiverAmazon RiverThe Amazon of South America is the second longest river in the world and by far the largest by waterflow with an average discharge greater than the next seven largest rivers combined...
- Negro River
- Vaupés RiverVaupés RiverVaupés River is a tributary of the Rio Negro in South America. It arises in the Guaviare Department of Colombia, flowing east through Guaviare and Vaupés Departments. It forms part of the international border between Colombia and the Amazonas state of Brazil. On the border it merges with the...
or Uaupés- Papuri RiverPapuri RiverPapurí River is a river in South America. It emerges in the Vaupés Department of Colombia and flows east, forming part of the international boundary between Colombia and the Amazonas state of Brazil. On the border, it flows into the Uaupés River.-References:...
- Querary RiverQuerary RiverQuerary River is a river of Colombia. It is part of the Amazon River basin and is a tributary of the Rio Negro....
- Papuri River
- Içana RiverIçana RiverIçana River is a tributary of the Rio Negro in South America. The river arises in the Guaviare Department of Colombia, where it is known as the Isana. It flows east and forms a short part of the international boundary between Colombia and Brazil...
or Isana- Cuiari RiverCuiari RiverCuiari River is a river of Amazonas state in north-western Brazil.-References:*...
- Cuiari River
- Guanía River
- Vaupés River
- Japurá RiverJapurá RiverThe Japurá River or Caquetá River is a river about long rising as the Caquetá River in the Andes in the Southwest of Colombia. It flows southeast into Brazil, where it is called the Japurá. The Japurá enters the Amazon River through a network of channels...
or Yapura- Purui River
- Apaporís River
- Traíra River
- Tunia River
- Ajajú RiverAjajú River-References:*Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993....
- Caquetá River
- Miritiparaná River
- Cahuinari River
- Yarí River
- Caguán River
- Guayas RiverGuayas RiverThe Guayas River is a river in western Ecuador. It gives name to the Guayas Province, and it is the most important river in South America that does not flow into the Atlantic Ocean or any of its seas. Its total length, including the Daule River, is 389 km.-Course:The Guayas River has one of...
- Guayas River
- Mecaya River
- Orteguaza RiverOrteguaza RiverOrteguaza River is a river of Colombia, located in the Department of Caqueta. It is part of the Amazon River basin....
- Cotuhé RiverCotuhé RiverCotuhé River is a river of Colombia. It is part of the Amazon River basin and is a tributary of the Putumayo River....
- Igara Paraná RiverIgara Paraná RiverIgara Paraná River is a river of Colombia. It is part of the Amazon River basin and is a tributary of the Putumayo River....
- Cara Paraná RiverCara Paraná RiverCara Paraná River is a river of Colombia. It is part of the Amazon River basin and is a tributary of the Putumayo River....
- San Miguel RiverSan Miguel RiverThe San Miguel River may refer to:*San Miguel River , a tributary of the Dolores River, in the U.S. state of Colorado* San Miguel River , a tributary of the Sonora River, in the Mexican state of Sonora...
- Guamués RiverGuamués RiverGuamués River is a river of Colombia. It is part of the Amazon River basin and is a tributary of the Putumayo River....
- Negro River
Orinoco River Basin
- Orinoco River
- Apure River (Venezuela)
- Arauca RiverArauca RiverThe Arauca River 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...
- Capanaparo RiverCapanaparo RiverCapanaparo River is a river of Colombia. It is part of the Orinoco River basin. Its name backwards is Revir Orapanapac....
- Cinaruco River
- Meta RiverMeta RiverThe Meta River is formed in the Meta Department, Colombia by the confluence of the Humea, Guatiquía and Guayuriba rivers. It flows east-northeastward across the Llanos Orientales plains of Colombia through an ancient fault...
- Vita River
- Casenare River
- Guachiría River
- Pauto River
- Cravo Sur River
- Cusiana River
- Manacacías River
- Metica River
- Upía RiverUpía RiverUpía 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....
- Lengupá River
- Tomo River
- Tuparro RiverTuparro RiverTuparro 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....
- Vichada RiverVichada RiverThe Vichada River is a blackwater river in the country of Colombia, South America. It flows into the Orinoco River.The westward course of the Vichada is offset by an impact structure, called the Vichada Structure. The structure is most likely the largest impact structure in South America....
- Guaviare RiverGuaviare RiverThe Guaviare is a tributary of the Orinoco located in Colombia.The Guaviare has its source in two other rivers, the Ariari and the Guayabero, which in turn have their own sources in the eastern part of the Andes. At long, it is the longest river on the Orinoco and is navigable for of its total...
- Inírida RiverInírida River-References:*Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993....
- Papunáua RiverPapunáua RiverPapunáua River is a river of Colombia. It is part of the Orinoco River basin....
- Papunáua River
- Uvá RiverUvá River-References:*Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993....
- Arriari River
- Güejar RiverGüejar River-References:*Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993....
- Güejar River
- Guayabero River
- Duda RiverDuda RiverThe Duda River is a tributary of the Pruteţ River in Romania.-References:* Administraţia Naţională Apelor Române - Cadastrul Apelor - Bucureşti* Institutul de Meteorologie şi Hidrologie - Rîurile României - Bucureşti 1971* Trasee turistice Judeţul Vaslui...
- Losada River
- Duda River
- Inírida River
Lake Maracaibo
- Catatumbo RiverCatatumbo RiverThe Catatumbo River is a river rising in northern Colombia, flowing into Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela. The Catatumbo River is approximately 210 miles long...
- Zulia RiverZulia RiverZulia 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....
- Pamplonita RiverPamplonita RiverThe 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 of the economy during the 18th and 19th centuries.It...
- Pamplonita River
- Rio de Oro
- Tarra RiverTarra RiverThe Tarra River is a river of Colombia. It drains into Lake Maracaibo via the Catatumbo River....
- Sardinata RiverSardinata RiverThe Sardinata River is a river of Colombia. It drains into Lake Maracaibo via the Catatumbo River....
- Zulia River
Caribbean sea
- Ranchería RiverRanchería RiverThe Ranchería River 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 towards the Caribbean sea where it finally flows into.-2007 Floods:...
- Fundación RiverFundación RiverThe Fundación River is a river in northern Colombia, born in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in the Cesar Department but flows down to the Magdalena Department crossing the town and municipality of Fundación until flowing into the Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta.-References:**...
- Magdalena RiverMagdalena RiverThe Magdalena River is the principal 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 its lower reaches, in spite of the shifting sand bars at the mouth of its delta, as...
- San Jorge River
- Cauca RiverCauca RiverThe Cauca River is a river in Colombia that lies between the Occidental and Central cordilleras. Born in southwestern Colombia near the city of Popayán, it joins the Magdalena River near Pinillos in Bolívar Department, and the combined river eventually flows out into the Caribbean Sea. It has a...
- Nechi RiverNechi RiverNechí River is a river of northwestern Colombia. It flows into the Cauca River. Nechí River rises in the municipality of Yarumal, and serves as a boundary between the municipalities of Antioquia, Campamento, Angostura, Anorí, Yarumal, Valdivia, Tarazá, Cáceres, Zaragoza, El Bagre, Caucasia and Nechí...
- Medellín RiverMedellín riverThe Medellín River , called Porce River during most of its course, is a river that flows though the Colombian city of Medellín and its metropolitan area...
or Porce
- Medellín River
- Otún RiverOtún RiverThe Otún River is a river in the Risaralda department of Colombia. Its source is Lake Otún, fed by meltwater from Nevado Santa Isabel, and its outlet is the Cauca River...
- La Vieja RiverLa Vieja RiverLa Vieja River is a river in the Colombiandepartments 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...
- Quindío RiverQuindío RiverQuindío River 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 has a length of 69 km...
- Quindío River
- Cali RiverCali RiverThe 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....
- Pance RiverPance RiverThe Pance River is located in the southern side of Cali city and is a popular place for locals for recreation and leisure activities. It is almost the only river in the city that is not polluted and people can still swim there. The Pance River is one of the major rivers in Cali...
- Pance River
- Nechi River
- Cesar RiverCesar RiverThe Cesar River is a river in northern Colombia which is a part of the Magdalena Basin. It separates the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta from the mountain ranges of the Serrania del Perija an extension of the Cordillera Oriental...
- Ariguaní RiverAriguaní RiverAriguaní River is a river in northern Colombia's Caribbean Region born in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountain range in the area of the municipality of Pueblo Bello. The Ariguaní is an affluent of the Cesar River and flows from north to south into it near the town of El Paso...
- Guatapurí RiverGuatapurí RiverThe 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....
- Ariguaní River
- Lebrija River
- Sogamoso River
- Chicamocha RiverChicamocha RiverChicamocha River is a river of northern Colombia. It flows into the Caribbean Sea.Chicamocha River is one of the largest rivers in the central-eastern Colombia...
- Chicamocha River
- Opon River
- Carare River
- Nare River
- Negro RiverRio Negro (Magdalena River)The Rio Negro is a river of Colombia. It drains into the Caribbean Sea via the Magdalena River....
- Bogotá RiverBogotá RiverThe Bogotá River is a major river of the Cundinamarca department of Colombia, crossing the region from the northeast to the southwest and passing along the western limits of Bogotá...
- Cuja River
- Guavio RiverGuavio RiverGuavio 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....
- Batán River
- Saldaña RiverSaldaña RiverThe Saldaña River is a river of Colombia. It drains into the Caribbean Sea via the Magdalena River....
- Cabrera RiverCabrera RiverThe Cabrera River is a river of Colombia. It drains into the Caribbean Sea via the Magdalena River....
- Ceibas RiverCeibas RiverThe Ceibas River is a river of Colombia. It drains into the Caribbean Sea via the Magdalena River....
- Páez RiverPáez RiverThe Páez River is a river of Colombia. It drains into the Caribbean Sea via the Magdalena River.-References:*Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993....
- Sinú RiverSinú RiverSinú 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 is born in the Antioquia Department, flowing south to north...
- Mulatos River
- Leon River
- Atrato RiverAtrato RiverThe Río Atrato 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 , where it forms a large, swampy delta....
- Salaqúí RiverSalaqúí RiverThe Salaqúí River is a river of Colombia. It drains into the Caribbean Sea via the Atrato River....
- Sucio River
- Bojayá RiverBojayá RiverThe Bojayá River is a river of Colombia. It drains into the Caribbean Sea via the Atrato River....
- Murrí RiverMurrí RiverThe Murrí River is a river of Colombia. It drains into the Caribbean Sea via the Atrato River....
- Salaqúí River
Pacific Ocean
- Baudó River
- San Juan RiverSan Juan River (Colombia)San Juan River is an important river of Colombia. It quoted source is in the Cordillera Occidental and has a length of 380 km...
- Yurumanguí River
- San Juan de Micay RiverSan Juan de Micay RiverThe San Juan de Micay River is a river of Colombia. It drains into the Pacific Ocean....
- Iscuandé River
- Tapaje River
- Patía RiverPatía RiverThe Patía River is a river in southwestern Colombia. It flows over 400 kilometers to drain into the Pacific Ocean north of Tumaco. The Patía River is the longest river on the Colombian Pacific Coast. The last 90 kilometers is navigable by boat.-Geography:...
- Telembí RiverTelembí RiverThe Telembí River is a river of Colombia. It drains into the Pacific Ocean via the Patía River....
- Guáitara RiverGuáitara RiverThe Guáitara River is a river of Colombia. It drains into the Pacific Ocean via the Patía River.-References:*Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993....
- Mayo RiverMayo RiverMayo River may be:*Mayo River , in North Carolina and Virginia, United States*Mayo River *Mayo River...
- Telembí River
- Mira River
- Güiza RiverGüiza RiverThe Güiza River is a river of Colombia. It drains into the Pacific Ocean via the Mira River.-References:*Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993....
- San Juan River
- Güiza River