Cesar River

This article is about the river in Colombia. For the river in Chile, see Cesar River, Chile.
Cesar

The Cesar River basin, Cesar Department in color.
Basin
Main source Colombia
River mouth Magdalena River
Countries Colombia

The Cesar River is a river in northern Colombia which is a part of the Magdalena Basin. It separates the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta from the mountain ranges of the Serranía del Perijá an extension of the Cordillera Oriental. It flows north to south, down from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in the Guajira Department onto the Cesar Department and flowing into the Zapatosa Marsh where it turns to the southwest and discharges into the Magdalena River.[1] Valledupar is the only major city on its route.

Tributaries

Notes

  1. Index Geografia Hidrografia (Colombian Hydrographic Index) in Spanish
  2. 1 2 3 Bealey, J. T. (1887) "Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta" Scottish Geographical Magazine 3: pp. 174-184, page 180
  3. "Municipio Villanueva - Geografia (Villanueva Municipality - Geography)" (Spanish), accessed 8 December 2008

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