Catatumbo River

The Catatumbo River is a river in northern South America, which originates in the department of Norte de Santander, in the eastern part of Colombia, specifically on the Cerro de Jurisdicciones at 3,850 m above sea level.. n. m., in the municipality of Ábrego, to the west of the department, and flows into Venezuela into Lake Maracaibo, to which it contributes about 60% of its fresh water. Its mouth is in the shape of a delta, which extends into the interior of the lake, breaking in a certain way its symmetry.

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Indigenous groups

Along the Catatumbo River live the brave motilones or barí who constitute the indigenous community that survived the colonization processes recurring since the century XVI and are now limited to areas of thick jungle.

Taxes

• Zulia River.
• Táchira River.
• Pamplonita River.
• Rio Peralonso.
• Río Salazar.
• Tibu River.
• Sardinata River.
• Tarra River.
• Rio de Oro.

National parks

• Ciénagas del Catatumbo National Park (Venezuela).

• Sisavita Regional Natural Park (Colombia).

• Tamá National Natural Park (Colombia).

• National Natural Park Catatumbo Barí (Colombia).