Casiquiare river

General data

Name: Casiquiare river
Water system: Rio Negro
Water type: Distributary
Source: Orinoco
Progression: Rio Negro -> Amazon -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
Climates: Tropical
Continents: South America
Countries: Venezuela

The Casiquiare river is a distributary of the upper Orinoco flowing southward into the Rio Negro, in Venezuela, South America. As such, it forms a unique natural canal between the Orinoco and Amazon river systems. It is the world’s largest river of the kind that links two major river systems, a so-called bifurcation. The area forms a water divide, more dramatically at regional flood stage.

Casiquiare river

General data

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