Catatumbo River
The Catatumbo River is a river rising in northern Colombia, flowing into Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela. The Catatumbo River is approximately 340 kilometres long.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Catatumbo River
- Type: Stream
- Description: River shared between Colombia and Venezuela
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Venezuela, South America
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Satellite Map
Discover Catatumbo River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Catatumbo River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر كتاتمبو”
- Asturian: “Ríu Catatumbo”
- Basque: “Catatumbo ibaia”
- Basque: “Catatumbo”
- Belarusian: “Кататумба”
- Cebuano: “Río Catatumbo”
- Chinese: “卡塔通博河”
- Chuvash: “Кататумбо”
- Croatian: “Catatumbo”
- Czech: “Catatumbo”
- Dutch: “Catatumbo”
- Dutch: “Rio Catatumbo”
- Dutch: “Río Catatumbo”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كتاتمبو”
- French: “río Catatumbo”
- French: “Río Catatumbo”
- Georgian: “კატატუმბო”
- German: “Río Catatumbo”
- Hungarian: “Catatumbo”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Catatumbo”
- Irish: “Abhainn Catatumbo”
- Italian: “Catatumbo”
- Italian: “Fiume Catatumbo”
- Japanese: “カタトゥムボ川”
- Japanese: “カタトゥンボ川”
- Lithuanian: “Katatumbas”
- Mingrelian: “კატატუმბო”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Catatumbo-elva”
- Norwegian: “Catatumbo-elva”
- Polish: “Catatumbo”
- Portuguese: “Rio Catatumbo”
- Russian: “Кататумбо”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Catatumbo”
- Slovenian: “Catatumbo”
- Slovenian: “reka Catatumbo”
- Slovenian: “Río Catatumbo”
- South Azerbaijani: “کاتاتومبو چایی”
- Spanish: “Rio Catatumbo”
- Spanish: “Río Catatumbo”
- Swedish: “Catatumbofloden”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำกาตาตุมโบ”
- Ukrainian: “Кататумбо”
- Uzbek: “Katatumbo daryosi”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Catalumbo”
- Welsh: “Afon Catatumbo”
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Notable Places Nearby
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