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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). from origin to seamouth. The river is under the supervision of the Corporación Regional del Cauca and the Corporación Autonoma Regional del Valle del Cauca, and is navigable for 640 km (400 mi) above its junction with the Magdalena.

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Cauca River
Cauca River in Nechí, Antioquia
Location
Country	Colombia
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Colombian Massif
Mouth
• location	Magdalena River
Length	965 km (600 mi)

Environmental issues

On November 18, 2007, Colombian newspaper El Tiempo reported that the river was receiving an average of 500 tons of residual waste a day. Pollution from the city of Popayán, seven gold mines that also add industrial pollutants such as mercury, some 8 sand mills, plus a couple of mines of coal and bauxite. Cali, the largest city on the river, depends on the river in a 76 percent. Adding to these other affluent rivers collect residual waters from other major cities and deposit an approximate of 330 tons of residual waste into the river. By the time it gets to Yumbo the river has no oxygen.[1]

The Hidroituango energy dam project has seriously affected the Cauca River.[2] The dam has decreased its flow in some parts, up to 80%.

References

External links

• (in Spanish) Corporación Regional del Cauca
• (in Spanish) Corporación Autonoma Regional del Valle del Cauca
• Río Cauca at GEOnet Names Server

На других языках

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[de] Río Cauca

Der Río Cauca ist ein etwa 1250 km langer linker Nebenfluss des Río Magdalena in Kolumbien und verläuft zwischen der West- und der Zentralkordillere der nördlichen Anden.

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- [en] Cauca River

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[it] Cauca (fiume)

Il Cauca è un fiume della Colombia che scorre tra le cordilleras Occidental e Central. Ha una lunghezza totale di 1350 km. Il fiume è sotto la supervisione di Corporación regionale del Cauca e la Corporación Autonoma regionale del Valle del Cauca.

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[ru] Каука (река)

Каука (исп. Río Cauca) — река на северо-западе Южной Америки, протекает через западную часть Колумбии. Левый приток Магдалены. Длина реки составляет 1350 км[1], площадь водосбора — 63 300 км²[2]. Впадает в Магдалену на расстоянии 320 километров от её устья[1].

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