Colombia
Costa Norte
La Guajira

Ranchería River

The Ranchería River is a river located in northern , . Born in the southern steps flows south, abruptly turns northeast and then north where it finally flows into the .
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  • Type: River
  • Description: river in Colombia
  • Also known as: “Rancheria River”, “Río Calancala”, “Río Carancara”, and “Río Hacha”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Riohacha.

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is the capital of the department of . The city with 188,000 inhabitants is on the Caribbean coast and the land behind the town is rather desert-like.

Ranchería River

Latitude
11.54187° or 11° 32′ 31″ north
Longitude
-72.89193° or 72° 53′ 31″ west
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
Open location code
7739G4R5+P6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 95166740
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­river
Geo­Names ID
3670987
Wiki­data ID
Q3458768
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Ranchería River” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Río Ranchería (suba sa Kolombiya, Departamento de La Guajira)”
  • Cebuano: “Río Ranchería”
  • Chinese: “蘭切里亞河”
  • Croatian: “Ranchería”
  • Dutch: “Ranchería”
  • Dutch: “Río Ranchería (vattendrag i Colombia, La Guajira)”
  • French: “río Ranchería”
  • French: “Río Ranchería”
  • Galician: “Río Ranchería”
  • German: “Río Ranchería”
  • Irish: “Abhainn Ranchería”
  • Italian: “Rancheria (fiume Colombia)”
  • Italian: “Rancheria”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ranchería”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ranchería”
  • Spanish: “Rio Rancheria”
  • Spanish: “Río Ranchería”
  • Swedish: “Río Ranchería (vattendrag i Colombia, La Guajira)”
  • Swedish: “Río Ranchería”
  • Wayuu: “Rainkeriia”
  • Wayuu: “Süchii ranchería”
  • Welsh: “Afon Ranchería”

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