257,438 km2 (99,397 sq mi) to 271,807 km2 (104,945 sq mi)[2]
Discharge
• location
Calamar, Bolívar[3]
• average
(Period: 1975–1995)7,200 m3/s (250,000 cu ft/s)[3]
(Period: 1991–2020)8,058 m3/s (284,600 cu ft/s)[2]
• minimum
2,000 m3/s (71,000 cu ft/s)
• maximum
12,000 m3/s (420,000 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left
Páez, Saldaña, La Miel, Nare, Cauca, San Jorge
• right
Cabrera, Bogotá, Negro, Carare, Sogamoso, Cesar
Ramsar Wetland
Official name
Sistema Delta Estuarino del Río Magdalena, Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta
Designated
18 June 1998
Reference no.
951[4]
The Magdalena River (Spanish: Río Magdalena, Spanish pronunciation:[ˈri.omaɣðaˈlena]; less commonly Rio Grande de la Magdalena)[5] is the main river of Colombia, flowing northward about 1,528 kilometres (949 mi) 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, in spite of the shifting sand bars at the mouth of its delta, as far as Honda, at the downstream base of its rapids. It flows through the Magdalena River Valley.
Its drainage basin covers a surface of 273,000 square kilometres (105,000 sq mi), which is 24% of the country's area and where 66% of its population lives.
^"Sistema de informacion Ambiental de Colombia – SIAC" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
^ abESTUDIO NACIONAL DEL AGUA 2022(PDF). 2023. ISBN 978-958-5489-12-7.
^ ab"Chapter 14" (PDF). The Pacific and Caribbean Rivers of Colombia: Water Discharge, Sediment Transport and Dissolved Loads. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
^"Sistema Delta Estuarino del Río Magdalena, Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
^"Polinizaciones: Las Abejas y las Garzas / The Bees and Storks". Polinizaciones.blogspot.com. 7 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
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The MagdalenaRiver Valley (Spanish: Valle del Río Magdalena) is a valley in Colombia located within the Colombian Andes. The valley is specifically situated...
the Caribbean Sea. The capital of the Magdalena Department is Santa Marta and was named after the MagdalenaRiver. It inherited the name of one of the...
The MagdalenaRiver turtle or Rio Magdalenariver turtle (Podocnemis lewyana) is a species of turtle in the family Podocnemididae, which diverged from...
near the city of Popayán, it joins the MagdalenaRiver near Magangué in Bolívar Department, and the combined river eventually flows out into the Caribbean...
multiplied to 16 and had taken to roaming the area for food in the nearby MagdalenaRiver. In early 2014, there were reported to be 40 hippopotamuses in Puerto...
range, the valley of the Cesar River, the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountain range, the valley of the MagdalenaRiver and the Cienaga de Zapatosa marshes...
above 17,000 ft (5,182 m). The valley of the slow-flowing and muddy MagdalenaRiver, a major transportation artery, separates the Cordillera Central from...
The Battle of the MagdalenaRiver (Spanish: Batalla del río Magdalena), also known as the Battle of Los Obispos or the Battle of Gamarra, was the first...
Central Andes run up the center of the country between the Cauca and Magdalenariver valleys (to the west and east respectively) and includes the cities...
is a municipality and city in Colombia, located on the shore of the MagdalenaRiver, in the western part of the department of Santander. It is home to...
and Cali. Barranquilla lies strategically next to the delta of the MagdalenaRiver, 7.5 km (4.7 mi) (originally 25 km (16 mi) before rapid urban growth)...
Bolívar Department. The town initially grew from its proximity to the Magdalenariver and has preserved much of its colonial character. It also played an...
located in the MagdalenaRiver Valley. Betania is a dam located on the Magdalenariver. A larger dam, El Quimbo, is planned for the same river. Acevedo Agrado...
fossil of the Amazonian fish Arapaima (Teleostei, Arapaimidae) from the MagdalenaRiver region of Colombia--Biogeographic and evolutionary implications". Biotropica...
sharks had been found in one of the tributaries that feed into the MagdalenaRiver, having been accidentally introduced from illegal farm fisheries in...
the most ancient bird families, the tinamous. It is endemic to the MagdalenaRiver Valley in Colombia, and had been considered possibly extinct, because...
destruction of gallery forests, and swamp drainage, specifically that of the MagdalenaRiver. Its karyotype has 2n = 64 and FN = 104, compared to 2n = 66 and FN...
present-day Bogotá traded with one another and with other cultures from the MagdalenaRiver Valley. A site including eight miles (13 km) of pictographs that is...
rivers. Rivers with anastomosed reaches include the MagdalenaRiver in Colombia, the upper Columbia River in British Columbia, Canada, the Drumheller Channels...
marshes in Colombia, the Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta. The main river is the Magdalena which is fully navigable in the region and a major path for the...
Pasacaballos) to the MagdalenaRiver in the Bolívar Department in northern Colombia. The canal is a bifurcation or artificial arm of the MagdalenaRiver, and its...
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