Atlantic Ocean

Amazon River Basin

* Amazon River ** Guainía River or Negro River ***

Vaupés River Vaupés River (Uaupés River) is a tributary of the Rio Negro (Amazon), Rio Negro in South America. It rises in the Vaupes Department of Colombia, flowing east through Vaupés Department. It forms part of the international border between the Depart ...

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 The Putumayo River or Içá River (, ) is one of the tributaries of the Amazon River, southwest of and parallel to the Japurá River. Course The Putumayo River forms part of Colombia's border with Ecuador, as well as most of the border with Per ...

or Içá River *** Cotuhé River *** Igara Paraná River *** Cara Paraná River *** San Miguel River *** Guamués River

Orinoco River Basin

Orinoco River The Orinoco () is one of the longest rivers in South America at . Its drainage basin, sometimes known as the Orinoquia, covers approximately 1 million km2, with 65% of it in Venezuela and 35% in Colombia. It is the List of rivers by discharge, f ...

** ''Apure River'' (Venezuela) *** Sarare River **

Arauca River The Arauca River () rises in the Andes Mountains of north-central Colombia and ends at the Orinoco in Venezuela. For part of its run it is the boundary between Colombia and Venezuela. The major city on its banks is Arauca, Arauca, Arauca, Col ...

Capanaparo River Capanaparo River is a river of Colombia and Venezuela. It is part of the Orinoco River basin in Venezuela. Together with the Cinaruco River, other smaller rivers and the area around them they form the Santos Luzardo National Park since 1988. See ...

** Cinaruco River **

Meta River The Meta River is a major left tributary of the Orinoco River in eastern Colombia and southern Venezuela, South America. The Meta originates in the Cordillera Oriental (Colombia), Eastern Ranges of the Andes and flows through the Meta Department ...

*** 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 The Vichada River (, ) is a blackwater river in Colombia, South America. It flows into the Orinoco River. The eastward course of the Vichada is offset by an Impact crater, impact structure, called the Vichada Structure. The structure is most li ...

Guaviare River The Guaviare is a tributary of the Orinoco in Colombia. It flows together with the upper Orinoco (until here also called Río Parágua), which it clearly surpasses in length (altogether about 1,760 km) and water flow. Thus, the Guaviare is hydrol ...

*** Inírida River **** Papunáua River *** Uvá River *** Ariari River **** Güejar River *** Guayabero River **** Duda River **** Losada River

Lake Maracaibo

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

Caribbean Sea

Atrato River The Atrato River () is a river of northwestern Colombia. It rises in the slopes of the Western Cordillera and flows almost due north to the Gulf of Urabá (or Gulf of Darién), where it forms a large, swampy delta. Its course crosses the Ch ...

** Salaqúí River ** Sucio River ** Bojayá River ** Murrí River *

Fundación River The Fundación River is a river in northern Colombia, originating from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in the Cesar Department but flows down to the Magdalena Department crossing the town and municipality of Fundación before reaching the Ciénaga ...

Leon River The Leon River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas. It has three primary forks - the North, Middle, and South Leon Rivers, which meet near Eastland and then run for around until it meets with the Lampasas River and the Salado Creek to f ...

< Canal del Dique (Levee Channel) - artificial bifurcation *

Magdalena River The Magdalena River (, ; less commonly ) is the main river of Colombia, flowing northward about through the western half of the country. It takes its name from the biblical figure Mary Magdalene. It is navigable through much of its lower reaches, ...

** Cesar River *** Ariguaní River *** Guatapurí River ** San Jorge River **

Cauca River The Cauca River () is a river in Colombia that lies between the Occidental and Central cordilleras. From its headwaters in southwestern Colombia near the city of Popayán, it joins the Magdalena River near Magangué in Bolívar Department, an ...

*** Nechi River **** Porce River *****

Medellín River The Medellín River (), called Porce River () during most of its course, is a river that flows through the Colombian city of Medellín and its metropolitan area A metropolitan area or metro is a region consisting of a densely populated urban a ...

*** 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 The Bogotá River is a major river of the Cundinamarca Department, Cundinamarca department of Colombia. A right tributary of the Magdalena River, the Bogotá River crosses the region from the northeast to the southwest and passing along the wester ...

*** 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 The Páez River (Río Páez ) is a river in southwestern Colombia. It is a tributary of the Magdalena River which drains into the Caribbean Sea. It flows into the Magdalena just south of the village of Remolino del Vicho. Earthquake On 6 June 199 ...

* Mendihuaca River * Mulatos River * Palomino River * Ranchería River *

Sinú River Sinú River (), is a river in northwestern Colombia that flows mostly through the Córdoba Department and into the Caribbean. It is the third most important river in the Caribbean Region, after the Magdalena River and the Cauca River. It is ...

Pacific Ocean

* 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

References

*Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
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