Cauca River
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| Country | Colombia |
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• location | Magdalena River |
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The Cauca River (Template:Langx) 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, and the combined river eventually flows out into the Caribbean Sea. It has a length of 965 km (600 mi) to its junction with the Magdalena, for a total length of 1,350 km (840 mi). The river is under the supervision of the Cauca Regional Corporation and the Cauca Valley Regional Autonomous Corporation, and is navigable for 640 km (400 mi) above its junction with the Magdalena.
- Cauca River
Environmental issues
On November 18, 2007, Colombian newspaper El Tiempo reported that the river was receiving an average of 500 tons of residual waste a day. Pollution from the city of Popayán, seven gold mines that also add industrial pollutants such as mercury, some 8 sand mills, plus a couple of mines of coal and bauxite. Cali, the largest city on the river, depends on the river for 76 percent of its water supply. Adding to this, other affluent rivers collect residual waters from other major cities and deposit an approximate 330 tons of residual waste into the river. By the time it gets to Yumbo, the river has no oxygen.[1]
The Hidroituango energy dam project has seriously affected the Cauca River.[2] The dam has decreased its flow, in some parts by up to 80%.
References
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- ^ Template:In lang eltiempo.com: Al río Cauca lo están matando las 500 toneladas de contaminantes que le caen cada día
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Miranda, Boris (2019-02-08). "Hidroituango seca el río Cauca: cómo la controversial represa redujo en 80% el caudal del segundo río de Colombia". BBC. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
External links
- Template:In lang Corporación Regional del Cauca Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- Template:In lang Corporación Autonoma Regional del Valle del Cauca
- [[[:Template:GEOnet name search]] Río Cauca] at GEOnet Names Server
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