Cauca River

The Cauca River is a river in that lies between the Occidental and Central cordilleras. From its headwaters in southwestern Colombia near the city of , it joins the near in , and the combined river eventually flows out into the .
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Colombia
  • Also known as: Cauca

Cauca River

Latitude
8.88197° or 8° 52′ 55″ north
Longitude
-74.45968° or 74° 27′ 35″ west
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
Open location code
67W7VGJR+Q4
Geo­Names ID
3687028
Wiki­data ID
Q853332
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Cauca River” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Ríu Cauca
  • Azerbaijani: Kauka çayı
  • Basque: Cauca ibaia
  • Basque: Cauca
  • Belarusian: Каўка
  • Belarusian: Рака Каўка
  • Bengali: কাউকা নদী
  • Breton: Cauca
  • Breton: Stêr Cauca
  • Bulgarian: Каука (река)
  • Bulgarian: Каука
  • Catalan: riu Cauca
  • Catalan: Riu Cauca
  • Cebuano: Río Cauca
  • Chinese: 考卡河
  • Chuvash: Каука
  • Croatian: Cauca (rijeka)
  • Croatian: Cauca
  • Czech: Cauca
  • Dutch: Cauca
  • Dutch: Rio Cauca
  • Esperanto: Kaŭko
  • French: Cauca
  • French: Rio Cauca
  • French: Río Cauca
  • Galician: Río Cauca
  • German: Cauca
  • German: Rio Cauca
  • German: Río Cauca
  • Hebrew: קאוקה
  • Hindi: कौका नदी
  • Hungarian: Cauca
  • Interlingua: Cauca
  • Interlingua: Fluvio Cauca
  • Irish: Abhainn Cauca
  • Italian: Cauca
  • Japanese: カウカ川
  • Korean: 카우카강
  • Kotava: Cauca (kuksa)
  • Kotava: Cauca
  • Latin: Cauca (flumen)
  • Latin: Cauca
  • Lithuanian: Kauka
  • Mingrelian: კაუკა (წყარმალუ)
  • Mingrelian: კაუკა
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Cauca
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Cauca
  • Norwegian: Cauca
  • Polish: Cauca
  • Portuguese: Rio Cauca
  • Russian: Каука
  • Serbian: Kauka
  • Serbian: Каука
  • Serbo-Croatian: Cauca (rijeka)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Cauca
  • Slovenian: Cauca
  • Slovenian: reka Cauca
  • Slovenian: Río Cauca
  • South Azerbaijani: کوکا چایی
  • Spanish: Cauca
  • Spanish: Rio Cauca
  • Spanish: Río Cauca
  • Swedish: Caucafloden
  • Turkish: Cauca Nehri
  • Ukrainian: Каука
  • Uzbek: Kauka
  • Welsh: Afon Cauca

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cauca River”. Photo: Jaime Henao Támesis, CC BY-SA 4.0.