List of rivers of Colombia facts for kids

Map of Colombia showing major rivers

Atlantic Ocean

Amazon River Basin

Map of the Amazon River drainage basin with the Amazon River highlighted

The Amazon River drainage basin; with the Casiquiare River, a distributary of the Orinoco River flowing southward into the Negro River, in Venezuela, South America. As such, it forms a unique natural canal between the Orinoco and Amazon river systems. That links two major river systems, a so-called bifurcation.

• Amazon River
  • Guainía River or Negro River
    • Vaupés River or Uaupés River
      • Papuri River
      • Querary River
    • Isana River or Içana River
      • Cuiari River
    • Aquio River
  • Caquetá River or Japurá River
    • Purui River
    • Apaporis River
      • Traíra River or Taraira River
      • Tunia River
      • Ajajú River
    • Miritiparaná River
    • Cahuinari River
    • Yarí River
    • Caguán River
      • Guayas River
    • Mecaya River
    • Orteguaza River
  • Putumayo River or Içá River
    • Cotuhé River
    • Igara Paraná River
    • Cara Paraná River
    • San Miguel River
    • Guamués River

Orinoco River Basin

The Orinoco drainage basin

• Orinoco River
  • Apure River (Venezuela)
    • Sarare River
  • Arauca River
  • Capanaparo River
  • Cinaruco River
  • Meta River
    • Vita River
    • Casanare River
      • Ariporo River
      • Cravo Norte River
    • Guachiría River
    • Pauto River
    • Cravo Sur River
    • Cusiana River
    • Manacacías River
    • Metica River
      • Guayuriba River
    • Upía River
      • Guavio River
      • Lengupá River
  • Tomo River
  • Tuparro River
  • Vichada River
  • Guaviare River
    • Inírida River
      • Papunáua River
    • Uvá River
    • Ariari River
      • Güejar River
    • Guayabero River
      • Duda River
      • Losada River

Lake Maracaibo

Tributaries of the Catatumbo River and Lake Maracaibo

• Catatumbo River
  • Zulia River
    • Pamplonita River
      • Táchira River
  • Tibú River
    • Sardinata River
  • Tarra River
  • Río de Oro

Caribbean Sea

• Atrato River
  • Salaqúí River
  • Sucio River
  • Bojayá River
  • Murrí River
• Fundación River
• Leon River

Magdalena River Basin

Cauca River course

Bogotá River and its drainage basin

< Canal del Dique (Levee Channel) - artificial bifurcation

• Magdalena River
  • Cesar River
    • Ariguaní River
    • Guatapurí River
  • San Jorge River
  • Cauca River
    • Nechi River
      • Porce River
        • Medellín River
    • Otun River
    • La Vieja River
      • Quindío River
    • Cali River
    • Jamundí River
      • Pance River
  • Lebrija River
  • Sogamoso River
    • Chicamocha River
    • Suárez River
  • Opon River
  • Carare River
  • Nare River
  • Samaná Norte River
    • Guatapé River
  • La Miel River
  • Negro River
  • Bogotá River
    • Apulo River
    • Soacha River
    • Balsillas River
      • Bojacá River
        • Subachoque River
    • Tunjuelo River
    • Fucha River
    • Arzobispo River, Juan Amarillo or Salitre
    • Torca River
    • Río Frío
    • Teusacá River
    • Neusa River
  • Sumapaz River
    • Cuja River
      • Guavio River
        • Batán River
  • Coello River
  • Saldaña River
  • Cabrera River
  • Ceibas River
  • Páez River
• Mendihuaca River
• Mulatos River
• Palomino River
• Ranchería River
• Sinú River

Pacific Ocean

Pacific region in Colombia highlighted

• Baudó River
• San Juan River
• Dagua River
• Anchicayá River
• Yurumanguí River
• San Juan de Micay River
• Iscuandé River
• Tapaje River
• Sanquianga River
• Patía River
  • Telembí River
  • Guáitara River
  • Mayo River
• Mira River
  • Güiza River
  • San Juan River

See also

In Spanish: Anexo:Ríos de Colombia para niños

• List of rivers of the Americas by coastline