Mecaya River

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Mecaya River is a river of Colombia. It is part of the Amazon River basin.

Colombia Country in South America

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a sovereign state largely situated in the northwest of South America, with territories in Central America. Colombia shares a border to the northwest with Panama, to the east with Venezuela and Brazil and to the south with Ecuador and Peru. It shares its maritime limits with Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Jamaica, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. Colombia is a unitary, constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments, with the capital in Bogotá.

Amazon River longest river in South America

The Amazon River in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and by some definitions it is the longest.

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Orinoco river in South America

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Valle del Cauca Department Department in Andean Region/Pacific Region, Colombia

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Vichada Department Department in Orinoquía Region, Colombia

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Magdalena River river in Colombia

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Los Llanos (South America) grassland

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Cordillera Oriental (Colombia) mountain range in Colombia

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Andean natural region

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Nevado del Huila second highest mountain in Colombia

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Leticia Incident armed conflict

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Natural regions of Colombia

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Fucha River river in Colombia

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