Medellín River
The Medellín River, called Porce River during most of its course, is a river that flows through the Colombian city of Medellín and its metropolitan area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: River
- Description: watercourse in Colombia
- Also known as: “Medellin River” and “Porce River”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include El Caney and San Pablo.
Medellín River
- Categories: watercourse and body of water
- Location: Antioquia, Andino, Colombia, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
6.55005° or 6° 33′ 0″ northLongitude
-75.21644° or 75° 12′ 59″ westElevation
1,051 metres (3,448 feet)Open location code
67R6HQ2M+2COpenStreetMap ID
way 461966871OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=riverGeoNames ID
3674953Wikidata ID
Q2035609
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Medellín River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Medellín”
- Bulgarian: “Меделин”
- Catalan: “Riu Medellín”
- Cebuano: “Río Medellín”
- Chinese: “麥德林河”
- Chinese: “麦德林河”
- Chuvash: “Порсе”
- Croatian: “Medellín (rijeka)”
- Croatian: “Medellín”
- Dutch: “Medellín”
- French: “río Medellín”
- French: “Río Medellín”
- French: “Río Porce”
- Galician: “Río Medellín”
- German: “Río Medellín”
- Irish: “Abhainn Medellín”
- Italian: “Medellín”
- Korean: “메데인강”
- Lithuanian: “Medeljinas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Medellín”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Porce”
- Norwegian: “Porce”
- Portuguese: “Rio Medellín”
- Russian: “Порсе”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Medellín (rijeka)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Medellín”
- Spanish: “Medellin”
- Spanish: “Medellín”
- Spanish: “Rio Aburra”
- Spanish: “Río Aburrá”
- Spanish: “Rio Medellin”
- Spanish: “Rio Medellín”
- Spanish: “Río Medellín”
- Swedish: “Río Medellín”
- Uzbek: “Medellin daryosi”
- Welsh: “Afon Medellín”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Porcesito and Caserío Puente Gabino.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Institución educativa rural porcesito and Puente Botero.
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