Caño Cristales
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| location | Colombia | |
| River system | Orinoco | |
| Drain over | Río Guayabero → Río Guaviare → Orinoco → Atlantic | |
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Serranía de la Macarena 2 ° 18 ′ 57 " N , 73 ° 49 ′ 39" W. |
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| muzzle | in the Río Guayabero coordinates: 2 ° 14 ′ 42 " N , 73 ° 43 ′ 45" W 2 ° 14 ′ 42 " N , 73 ° 43 ′ 45" W.
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The Caño Cristales is a river in the Department of Meta in Colombia , which rises in the Serranía de la Macarena National Park , a mountain range, and flows into the Guayabero . Because of its variety of colors from July to November, it is referred to as the “five-color river” or “liquid rainbow”. The colors come from the vegetation on the river bed and vary between yellow, green, blue, black and red. For example, the plants of the Macarenia clavigera from the Podostemaceae family appear in red .
environment
The river lies between three large ecosystems with species-rich flora and fauna: the Andes , the Llanos and the Amazon rainforest . The river itself is a clear water flow : it is poor in nutrients and suspended matter and therefore appears very clean. In addition, it is fish-free.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Beautiful Photos of the River of Five Colors weather.com, March 25, 2014 (English)
- ↑ Is this the most beautiful river in the world? Multicolored plants turn Colombian waterfall into a 'liquid rainbow' dailymail.co.uk, from February 23, 2015 (English)
- ↑ Nicholas P. Tippery, C. Thomas Philbrick, Claudia P. Bove, Donald H. Les: Systematics and phylogeny of Neotropical riverweeds (Podostemaceae: Podostemoideae). In: Systematic Botany , Volume 36, Issue 1, 2011, pp. 105-118. doi : 10.1600 / 036364411X553180