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The Cauca River (Spanish: Río Cauca) is a river in Colombia that lies between the Occidental and Central cordilleras.From its headwaters in southwestern Colombia near the city of Popayán, it joins the Magdalena River near Magangué in Bolívar Department, and the combined river eventually flows out into the Caribbean Sea.
The Ituango Dam, also referred to as the Pescadero-Ituango Dam or Hidroituango, is an embankment dam currently under construction on the Cauca River near Ituango in Antioquia Department, Colombia. The primary purpose of the project is hydroelectric power generation and its power plant will have an installed capacity of 2,456 megawatts ...
The Cauca River Valley, an important agricultural region with several large cities on its borders, separates the Cordillera Occidental from the massive Cordillera Central. Several snow-clad volcanoes in the Cordillera Central have summits that rise above 17,000 ft (5,182 m).
Map of the Amazon River drainage basin with the Amazon River highlighted The Amazon River drainage basin; with the Casiquiare River, a distributary of the Orinoco River flowing southward into the Negro River, in Venezuela, South America. As such, it forms a unique natural canal between the Orinoco and Amazon river systems.
The Salvajina Dam and hydroelectric plant are located in the Cauca River, corregimiento Buenos Aires, municipality Suarez, department Cauca in the southwest of Colombia. Its reservoir has a length of 31 kilometres (19 mi). The dam was finished in September 1985 and has a power station with a 270 megawatts (360,000 hp) installed capacity.
It was later destroyed by the natives. The first Spanish military incursion into Antioquia, however, was not made until 1537. An expedition commanded by Francisco César traveled through the lands of chief Dabeiba, arriving at the Cauca River. They were said to have taken important treasures from the indigenous people's tombs.
Cauca Department (Spanish pronunciation:, Spanish: Departamento del Cauca) is a department of Southwestern Colombia.Located in the southwestern part of the country, facing the Pacific Ocean to the west, [4] the Valle del Cauca Department to the north, Tolima Department to the northeast, Huila Department to the east, and Nariño Department to the south.
The bridge, designed by José María Villa, crosses the Cauca River. It is a suspension bridge with a span of almost 300 m (980 ft). When opened in 1895, it was the third largest bridge in the world and the largest in South America. The architect took the Brooklyn Bridge as a design reference and adjusted it to the local settings. The bridge ...