The most important rivers of Colombia

Have you ever browsed the major rivers of Colombia, also on a raft made of bamboo, as was the custom of the ancestors? Have you ever stopped to admire the beautiful landscape and river water? Have you bathed in fresh and delicious, in a river discovered hundreds of years ago?

The most important rivers of Colombia, in the case of some especially rise in the mountains, where mountain peaks are given bioclimatic Glacial (perpetual snow, snowy areas or levels), and High-Andean Páramo, which coincide approximately with the morphogenic floors high mountain glaciers, periglacial, glacial legacy modeling and high Andean mountain unstable. From these come the main sources of water, especially the sweet, for example, found in the Andes Mountains and the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, hydrographic centers as the Colombian Massif, the knot of the Grass, the Hill of Caramanta, Nudo de Paramillo, the Desert of Sumapaz Guachaneque the Desert of the Knot Santurbán and snowy wilderness of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.

By volume of water per unit area Colombia ranked fourth in the world after the Soviet Union, Canada and Brazil until 1990. This represented 60 liters per km ², which was six times the world average performance and three times that of South America. However, seven years after the water wealth of Colombia fell significantly in 1996 because Colombia has moved to the 17th place globally by volume of water per unit area.

One of the reasons that have caused the environmental problem is the indiscriminate cutting of trees. It is estimated that every six months away a river in Colombia due to deforestation.

The most important rivers of Colombia fall into five areas management: The Caribbean, Pacific, Amazon, Orinoco and Catatumbo, and these are: Magdalena, Amazonas, Guaviare, Putumayo, Cauca, Inirida, Caquetá, Meta , Apaporis Vichada, Vaupes Capanaparo, Atrato, Patia, Orinoco.

Colombia in the world in water resources, has abundant rivers, streams, ponds, lakes and springs. In Colombia there are five major branches basins, topography causes most important rivers of Colombia run in different directions: one toward the Pacific, others to the Caribbean and some few to the Gulf of Maracaibo, Venezuela. The longest rivers run through the eastern plains to empty into the Orinoco and the Amazon. This distribution allows us to distinguish the four sides in Colombia.

View of the river Magdalena.