Magdalena River

Magdalena
River
The delta of the Magdalena River
Country	Colombia
Cities	Neiva, Girardot, Honda, La Dorada, Puerto Triunfo, Puerto Boyacá, Barrancabermeja, Santa Cruz de Mompox, Barranquilla
Source	Colombian Massif
Mouth	Atlantic Ocean
- location	Baranquilla, Colombia
Length	1,540 km (957 mi)
Map of the Magdalena River watershed

The Magdalena River (Spanish: Río Magdalena), also called Yuma River (Spanish: Río Yuma ^[1]) is the principal river of Colombia, flowing northward about 1,540 kilometres (950 miles) 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 headwaters are in the south of the country, where the Andean subranges Cordillera Central and Cordillera Oriental separate, in Huila Department. The river then runs east of north in a great valley between the two cordilleras. It reaches the coastal plain at about nine degrees north, then runs east for about 100 kilometres, then north again, reaching the Caribbean Sea at the city of Barranquilla in the zone known as Bocas de Ceniza.

Much of the film Love in the Time of Cholera takes place in the historic, walled city of Cartagena in Colombia. Some screen shots showed the Magdalena River and the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountain range.

Magdalena River Basin

• Cesar River
• Cauca River

Fauna

• List of fish in the Magdalena river

Gallery

Honda city upon Magdalena River

Puerto Boyacá port in middle Magdalena region

Barrancabermeja oil producer port

Magdalena river near Barranquilla

References

Coordinates: 2°42′42″N 75°25′50″W / 2.71166667667°N 75.4305555656°W / 2.71166667667; -75.4305555656

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