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Key facts
- Country
- Colombia
- Location
- Colombian Massif
- Length
- 965 km (600 mi)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Cauca River (Spanish: Río Cauca) 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 Magangué in Bolívar Department, and the combined river eventually flows out into the Caribbean Sea. It has a length of 965 km (600 mi) to its junction with the Magdalena, for a total length of 1,350 km (840 mi). The river is under the supervision of the Cauca Regional Corporation and the Cauca Valley Regional Autonomous Corporation, and is navigable for 640 km (400 mi) above its junction with the Magdalena.
Cauca River
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cauca River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.