Casiquiare canal
The Casiquiare river or canal is a natural distributary of the upper Orinoco flowing southward into the Rio Negro in Venezuela. As such, it forms a unique natural canal between the Orinoco and Amazon river systems.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Venezuela
- Also known as: “Cachequerique”, “Canal casiquiare”, “Canal de casiquiare”, “Canal de Cassiquiare”, “Canal del Casiquiare”, “Canal du Casiquiare”, “Caño Casiquiare”, “Casiquaire”, “Casiquare”, “Casiquiare jõgi”, “Casiquiare kanal”, “Casiquiarefloden”, “Casiquiarekanaal”, “Casiquiari”, “Cassiquiare”, “Cassiquiari”, “Het casiquiare kanaal”, “Kanál Casiquiare”, “Rio cachequerique”, “Rio Casiquiare”, “Канал Касік’яре”, “카시키아레 강”, “卡西基亚雷运河”, and “卡西基亞雷運河”
Casiquiare canal
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Amazonas, Guayana, Venezuela, South America
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Latitude
2.00194° or 2° 0′ 7″ north
Longitude
-67.11167° or 67° 6′ 42″ west
Elevation
80 metres (262 feet)
Open location code
67JJ2V2Q+Q8
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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: “卡西基亚雷河”
- Chinese: “卡西基亞雷河”
- Chuvash: “Касикьяре”
- Croatian: “Casiquiare”
- Czech: “Casiquiare”
- Dutch: “Casiquiare”
- Esperanto: “Kasikiaro”
- Estonian: “Casiquiare”
- Finnish: “Casiquiare”
- French: “canal de Casiquiare”
- French: “Canal de Casiquiare”
- Georgian: “კასიკიარე”
- German: “Brazo Casiquiare”
- Irish: “canáil Casiquiare”
- Italian: “Casiquiare”
- Japanese: “カシキアレ川”
- Korean: “카시키아레 운하”
- Latin: “Casiquiare”
- Lithuanian: “Kasikjarė”
- Lithuanian: “Kasikjarės kanalas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Casiquiare”
- Norwegian: “Casiquiare”
- Persian: “کانال کاسیکویر”
- Polish: “Casiquiare”
- Portuguese: “Canal do Cassiquiare”
- Romanian: “Canalul Casiquiare”
- Russian: “Касикьяре”
- Serbian: “Kasikijara”
- Serbian: “Касикијара”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Casiquiare”
- Slovenian: “Kanal Casiquiare”
- Spanish: “Casiquiare”
- Swedish: “Casiquiare”
- Swedish: “Casiquiarekanalen”
- Turkish: “Casiquiare Kanalı”
- Ukrainian: “Касік’яре”
- Venetian: “Fiume Casiquiare”
- Western Panjabi: “کاسیکویر دریا”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Bocas de Casiquiare and Sardina.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Isla Chimborazo and Isla Gavilán.
Amazonas: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Puerto Ayacucho and Yacapana National Park.
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