Sogamoso River
Location
CountryColombia
Physical characteristics
Mouth 
 • location
Magdalena River → Caribbean Sea

Sogamoso River (Spanish pronunciation: [soɣaˈmoso]) is a river of northern Colombia. It flows into the Magdalena River and on to the Caribbean Sea. The Sogamoso Dam on the river near Bucaramanga was completed in 2014.[1]

Course

The Sogamoso River is a river in northern Colombia, which is formed by the confluence of the Suárez River and the Chicamocha River after crossing the Chicamocha Canyon, and flows into the Magdalena River between Puerto Wilches and Barrancabermeja, and this in turn empties into the Caribbean Sea.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sogamoso Hydroelectric Project". ISAGEN S.A. E.S.P. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Tiempos y espacios de la circulación: El camino y la ruta en la cuenca del río Sogamoso, una mirada de larga duración (in Spanish) - Times and spaces of circulation: The road and the route in the Sogamoso river basin, a long-term look" (PDF). Historia y Sociedad, National University of Colombia, Medellín branch, Jesús Bohórquez Barrera and Clara Inés Carreño Tarazona, 2009. Retrieved February 19, 2023.

Further reading

7°12′22″N 73°55′17″W / 7.2060°N 73.9215°W / 7.2060; -73.9215

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