Colombia is one of the countries with most rivers in the world, with a total of. In this blog post i will talk about the most important ones, the Magdalena, the Cauca, the Guaviare, the Putumayo, and the Caquetá rivers. I will not talk about the Amazon river because Colombia just own some few kilometers.
The Magdalena river:
It is the principal river in Colombia with 1589 km (949 miles). It is considered the most important one, not because of its length, but because it goes through a lot of departaments and is located in the middle of the country (as you can see on the left map). It is navigable from Honda to the Caribbean sea.
The Cauca river:
It is the second biggest waterway in Colombia. It lies between the central and the western mountain ranges (for more information about relief check this post). It also goes through seven colombian departments. It joins the Magdalena River near Magangué and the combined river flows into the Caribbean sea. It is navigable for 640 km (400 miles).
The Guaviare river:
It is a long river that starts in the eastern mountain range and falls into the Orinoco river. It also goes through Venezuela. 630 km are navigable.
The Putumayo river:
It starts in Colombia and flows into the Amazon river in Brazil. It is the border between Colombia, Peru and Ecuador. it is 1.813 km long (1.126 miles). It is an important fluvial transport way, because it is navigable in almost its whole lenght.
The Caquetá River:
It is a long amazonian river with 2.280 km (1416 miles). It goes through Colombia and Brazil, here I will obviously about the colombian part, It goes mostly through the cauca department. It is the natural Border between two departments (I will talk about colombian departments in another blog post).
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