Casiquiare canal
The Casiquiare river or canal is a natural 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Venezuela
- Also known as: “Caño Casiquiare”, “Casiquiare”, “Casiquiari”, “Cassiquiari”, and “Río Casiquiare”
Casiquiare canal
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Amazonas, Guayana, Venezuela, South America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Western Panjabi—“Casiquiare canal” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Casiquiare canal”
- Belarusian: “Касікʼярэ”
- Breton: “Casiquiare”
- Bulgarian: “Касикияре”
- Catalan: “canal Casiquiare”
- Catalan: “Canal Casiquiare”
- Cebuano: “Río Casiquiare”
- Chinese: “Casiquiare”
- Chinese: “卡西基亚雷河”
- Chinese: “卡西基亚雷运河”
- Chinese: “卡西基亞雷河”
- Chinese: “卡西基亞雷運河”
- Chuvash: “Касикьяре”
- Croatian: “Casiquiare”
- Czech: “Casiquaire”
- Czech: “Casiquiare”
- Czech: “Kanál Casiquiare”
- Dutch: “Brazo Casiquiare”
- Dutch: “Casiquiare”
- Dutch: “Casiquiarekanaal”
- Dutch: “Het casiquiare kanaal”
- Esperanto: “Kasikiaro”
- Estonian: “Casiquiare jõgi”
- Estonian: “Casiquiare kanal”
- Estonian: “Casiquiare”
- Finnish: “Casiquiare”
- French: “canal de Casiquiare”
- French: “Canal de Casiquiare”
- French: “Canal du Casiquiare”
- French: “Casiquiare”
- French: “Cassiquiare”
- Georgian: “კასიკიარე”
- German: “Brazo Casiquiare”
- German: “Casiquiare”
- Irish: “canáil Casiquiare”
- Italian: “Casiquiare”
- Japanese: “カシキアレ川”
- Korean: “카시키아레 강”
- Korean: “카시키아레 운하”
- Latin: “Casiquiare”
- Lithuanian: “Kasikjarė”
- Lithuanian: “Kasikjarės kanalas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Brazo Casiquiare”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cachequerique”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Canal do Cassiquiare”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Casiquiare”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Casiquiarekanalen”
- Norwegian: “Casiquiare”
- Persian: “کانال کاسیکویر”
- Polish: “Casiquare”
- Polish: “Casiquiare”
- Portuguese: “Canal casiquiare”
- Portuguese: “Canal de casiquiare”
- Portuguese: “Canal de Cassiquiare”
- Portuguese: “Canal do Cassiquiare”
- Portuguese: “Rio cachequerique”
- Portuguese: “Rio Casiquiare”
- Romanian: “Canalul Casiquiare”
- Russian: “Касикьяре”
- Serbian: “Kasikijara”
- Serbian: “Касикијара”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Casiquiare”
- Slovenian: “Kanal Casiquiare”
- Spanish: “Brazo Casiquiare”
- Spanish: “Canal Casiquiare”
- Spanish: “Canal del Casiquiare”
- Spanish: “Casiquiare”
- Spanish: “Rio Casiquiare”
- Spanish: “Río Casiquiare”
- Swedish: “Brazo Casiquiare”
- Swedish: “Casiquiare”
- Swedish: “Casiquiarefloden”
- Swedish: “Casiquiarekanalen”
- Turkish: “Brazo Casiquiare”
- Turkish: “Casiquiare Kanalı”
- Ukrainian: “Канал Касік’яре”
- Ukrainian: “Касік’яре”
- Venetian: “Fiume Casiquiare”
- Western Panjabi: “کاسیکویر دریا”
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