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The Ranchería River (Spanish: Río Ranchería) 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 where it finally flows into the Caribbean Sea.[2] It is the main river of La Guajira Department and has great significance for the Wayuu people.

Vertedero - Presa El Cercado - Proyecto Río Ranchería ( La Guajira - Colombia)
Vertedero - Presa El Cercado - Proyecto Río Ranchería ( La Guajira - Colombia)
Ranchería
Ranchería River Mouth in Riohacha
Map of the Ranchería River watershed
EtymologyTraditional Settlement of the Wayuu people
Location
CountryColombia
Cities
  • Riohacha
  • Fonseca
  • Albania
  • Barrancas
  • Distracción
Physical characteristics
SourceSouthern La Guajira Department, North Eastern Magdalena Department
  locationSierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia
  elevationApprox. 3,000 m (9,800 ft)
MouthCaribbean Sea
  location
Riohacha, Colombia
Length150 km (93 mi)[1]

A large dam, the "El Cercado", was first proposed in the 1950s in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains, as an irrigation source for agribusiness and for the population of at least nine municipalities. The Sierra Nevada Indigenous communities protested the dam, which they regarded as a systematic appropriation of the river by landowners and the coal mining industry (the world's largest open-pit coalmine, Cerrejón, is allowed around 16% of the river's volumetric flow). It was completed in the mid 2000s (picture)[3][4]

The river flows down to a region of water scarcity in the semi-desert lowlands to the north and west. Four water management phases were envisaged, but by 2021 only dam construction has been completed and pipelines for irrigation, which are not connected. Irrigation connections, aqueducts and a seven megawatts hydroelectric plant are programmed but there are significant accusations that they have been uncompleted due to corruption and mismanagement.[5]


2007 floods


On April 22, 2007, the Rancheria river flooded the municipality of Manaure in La Guajira after three or four days of continuous precipitation. The town of Manaure suffered floods in 24 neighborhoods and some 30 communities in the rural area of the municipality and also affected sections of the municipality of Riohacha. Flood victims (some 1,250 families, mostly pertaining to the Wayuu ethnic group) had to be evacuated on boats and jet skis by the Colombian Red Cross and the Colombian Civil Defense due to the difficult conditions in the area. They also delivered medical and food supplies. The Governor of La Guajira José González, was also present in the area and asked the national government for assistance and aid.[6]


References


  1. "Ríos de Colombia" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  2. Revista Portafolio - Rio Rancheria Archived 2007-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Colombia's pipes to nowhere: Villagers die of thirst as corruption stalls dam project". TheGuardian.com. 18 June 2015.
  4. Susana Carmona, Claudia Puerta Silva. 2020. How do environmental impact assessments fail to prevent social conflict? Government technologies in a dam project in Colombia. Journal of Political Ecology 27. 1072-1091.
  5. "Colombia's pipes to nowhere: Villagers die of thirst as corruption stalls dam project". TheGuardian.com. 18 June 2015.
  6. El Tiempo: Desbordamiento del río Ranchería afecta a 1.250 familias de La Guajira (Flooding of Rancheri River affects 1,250 families in La Guajira)


На других языках


[de] Río Ranchería

Der Río Ranchería ist ein etwa 260 km langer Zufluss des Karibischen Meers in Kolumbien.
- [en] Ranchería River

[es] Río Ranchería

El río Ranchería (en wayuunaiki: Rainkeriia) es un río de Colombia, una artería fluvial muy importante en el departamento de La Guajira, al norte del país. Nace en el cerro La Horqueta, a más de 3000 msnm, en la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, y desemboca en el mar Caribe en ese mismo departamento.[1]

[it] Rancheria (fiume Colombia)

Il Río Rancheria è un fiume della Colombia, lungo circa 150 chilometri. Nasce sulla Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta e sfocia nel Mar dei Caraibi nei pressi di Riohacha.



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