The Guaviare is a tributary of the
Orinoco
The Orinoco () is one of the longest rivers in South America at . Its drainage basin, sometimes known as the Orinoquia, covers , with 76.3 percent of it in Venezuela and the remainder in Colombia. It is the fourth largest river in the wor ...
in
Colombia
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. It flows together with the upper Orinoco (until here also called Río Parágua), which it clearly surpasses in length (altogether about 1760 km) and water flow. Thus, the Guaviare is hydrologically the main stream of the Orinoco system.
The Guaviare has its source in two other rivers, the
Ariari
Ariari is one of the six blocks of Sheikhpura district of Bihar
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and the
Guayabero, which in turn have their own sources in the eastern part of the
Andes
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. At long, it is the longest tributary of the Orinoco and is navigable for of its total length. The Guaviare is considered the border between the
Llanos and the
Amazon Rainforest
The Amazon rainforest, Amazon jungle or ; es, Selva amazónica, , or usually ; french: Forêt amazonienne; nl, Amazoneregenwoud. In English, the names are sometimes capitalized further, as Amazon Rainforest, Amazon Forest, or Amazon Jungle. ...
. Its main tributary is the
Inírida River.
References
*The information in this article is based on a translation of its German equivalent.
External links
Territorial-Environmental Information System of Colombian Amazon SIAT-AC website
Rivers of Colombia
Orinoco basin
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