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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.
English: Cauca River seen from the Mirador del Pipintá, Caldas Department, Colombia Français : Vue du Río Cauca à partir du Mirador del Pipintá, département de Caldas, Colombie Date
Middle Cauca culture male figure, Caldas complex, black on red resist painted ceramic, 10.75" high, LACMA. Cauca culture (800–1200 CE) is a pre-Columbian culture from the Valle del Cauca in Colombia, named for the Cauca River. Middle Cauca culture dates from the 9 to 10th centuries CE. [1]
The cordillera is paralleled on the east by the Cauca river. [2] From this massif the range divides further to form the Serranías de Ayapel, San Jerónimo and Abibe. Only to recede into the Caribbean plain and the Sinú River valley. It is a direct continuation of Cordillera Occidental of Ecuador. [3]
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 ...
The town was founded in 1576 by Captain Don Gaspar de Rodas, who arrived on the banks of the Cauca River, advancing on the right bank. Once chosen the place, he ordered the installation of 30 ranches and with a very animated ceremony, that town received the name of San Martín de Cáceres.
Valle de Paletará is a valley in the Cauca Department on the Colombian Massif located at altitudes between 3000 and 3200 m.a.s.l. It is an almost flat area eroded by the Cauca River, adjacent to the Coconuco Volcanic Chain and other resurgent volcanic structures that exist in the vicinity such as the Yerbabuena Maar.
Map of pre-Columbian cultures Poporo Quimbaya in the Gold Museum, Bogotá Colombia Seated gold figure from the Museo de América (Museum of America). Quimbaya artifacts refer to a range of primarily ceramic and gold objects surviving from the Quimbaya civilisation, one of many pre-Columbian cultures of Colombia inhabiting the Middle Cauca River valley and southern Antioquian region of modern ...