Atrato River

The Atrato River is a river of northwestern . It rises in the slopes of the Western Cordillera and flows almost due north to the , where it forms a large, swampy delta.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Colombia
  • Also known as: Atrato

Atrato River

Latitude
8.26108° or 8° 15′ 40″ north
Longitude
-76.98594° or 76° 59′ 9″ west
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
67W57267+CJ
Geo­Names ID
3689429
Wiki­data ID
Q1363972
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Atrato River” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: نهر أتراتو
  • Asturian: Ríu Atrato
  • Basque: Atrato
  • Belarusian: Атрата
  • Bengali: আত্রাতো নদী
  • Breton: Atrato
  • Bulgarian: Атрато
  • Catalan: Riu Atrato
  • Cebuano: Río Atrato
  • Chinese: 阿特拉托河
  • Chuvash: Атрато
  • Croatian: Atrato
  • Czech: Atrato
  • Dutch: Atrato
  • Dutch: Río Atrato
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر اتراتو
  • Esperanto: Atrato
  • French: Atrato
  • French: Rio Atrato
  • French: río Atrato
  • French: Río Atrato
  • Galician: Río Atrato
  • Georgian: ატრატო
  • German: Atrato
  • German: Río Atrato
  • Hebrew: נהר אטראטו
  • Hindi: एत्रातो नदी
  • Irish: Abhainn Atrato
  • Italian: Atrato
  • Japanese: アトラト川
  • Kazakh: Атрато
  • Lithuanian: Atratas
  • Mingrelian: ატრატო (წყარმალუ)
  • Mingrelian: ატრატო
  • Polish: Atrato
  • Portuguese: Rio Atrato
  • Russian: Атрато
  • Serbo-Croatian: Atrato (rijeka)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Atrato
  • Slovenian: Atrato (reka)
  • Slovenian: Atrato
  • Spanish: Atrato
  • Spanish: Rio Atrato
  • Spanish: Río Atrato
  • Swedish: Atrato
  • Swedish: Río Atrato
  • Ukrainian: Атрато
  • Welsh: Afon Atrato

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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 “Atrato River”. Photo: Alex guillermo duarte rojas, CC BY-SA 4.0.