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Chicamocha River is a river of Boyacá and Santander in central-eastern
Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...
. It is part of the Magdalena river system that flows into the
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. The Chicamocha River rises in the municipality of
Tuta Tuta may refer to: Geography * Tuta, Boyacá, a municipality in Boyacá Department, Colombia *Tuta, a village in Târgu Trotuș Commune, Bacău County, Romania People *Frederick Tuta (1269–1291), Margrave of Landsberg * Mladen Naletilić Tuta (1 ...
in the Department of Boyacá, flows through the Department of Santander and joins the
Suárez River The Suárez River, originally Saravita, is a river in the Cordillera Oriental (Colombia), Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The river originates in Lake Fúquene on the border of Cundinamarca Department, Cundinamarca and Boyacá Department, B ...
(with its tributary Fonce River) to form the
Sogamoso River Sogamoso River () is a river of northern Colombia. It flows into the Magdalena River and on to the Caribbean Sea. The Sogamoso Dam on the river near Bucaramanga was completed in 2014. Course The Sogamoso River is a river in northern Colombia, w ...
.


Chicamocha National Park

The
Chicamocha Canyon The Chicamocha Canyon ( , ) is a steep sided canyon carved by the Chicamocha River in Colombia. With a maximum depth of , an area of and a length of , the canyon is the second-largest worldwide. The canyon is situated in the departments of Bo ...
contains the Chicamocha National Park (PANACHI; Parque Nacional del Chicamocha), a major tourist destination in Colombia. It was preselected for the election of
New 7 Wonders of Nature New 7 Wonders of Nature (2007–2011) was an initiative started in 2007 to create a list of seven natural wonders chosen by people through a global poll. It was the second in a series of Internet-based polls led by Swiss-born Canadian Bernard Web ...
.«El cañón del Chicamocha fue preseleccionado en el concurso de maravillas naturales del planeta»
- El Tiempo - accessed 19-04-2016


Gallery

File:Satelital alto chicamocha.jpg, Alto Chicamocha; Paipa, Duitama, Sogamoso File:Cañón del Chicamocha 2014-09-21 (3).jpg, Course of the Chicamocha River through its canyon File:Rio Chicamocha on PANACHI 02.JPG, Chicamocha River, Panachi


See also

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List of rivers of Colombia Atlantic Ocean Amazon River Basin * 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 Ri ...
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Chicamocha Canyon The Chicamocha Canyon ( , ) is a steep sided canyon carved by the Chicamocha River in Colombia. With a maximum depth of , an area of and a length of , the canyon is the second-largest worldwide. The canyon is situated in the departments of Bo ...
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Guane people The Guane people of Colombia in South America live mainly in the cities of Santander, Bucaramanga and Barichara. A population estimate made by DANE(Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística) in 2005, was that around 812 people in Sa ...


References


External links


Elections 7 new natural wonders of the world

Satellite photo of the Chicamocha Canyon, Pescadero sector
ikiMapia *
Albesiano, Sofía y J. Orlando Rangel-Ch. 2003. La vegetación del cañón del río Chicamocha (Santander, Colombia). Caldasia, 25(1):73-99


Videos


Parque Nacional del Chicamocha

Official video Parque Nacional del Chicamocha 2009
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Rivers A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of its course if it ru ...
Rivers A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of its course if it ru ...
Rivers A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of its course if it ru ...