Guachicono River
| Guachicono River | ||
 View upriver from the I-25 bridge |
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| Data | ||
| location |
 Colombia
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| River system | Río Patía | |
| Drain over | Río Patía → Pacific Ocean | |
| Headwaters |
Central Cordillera , southwest flank of the Sotará 2 ° 5 ′ 32 ″ N , 76 ° 35 ′ 47 ″ W |
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| Source height | approx. 3750 m | |
| muzzle |
Río Patía Coordinates: 1 ° 57 '2 " N , 77 ° 12' 15" W 1 ° 57 '2 " N , 77 ° 12' 15" W. |
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| Mouth height | approx. 550 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 3200 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 28 ‰ | |
| length | approx. 115 km | |
| Catchment area | approx. 2490 km² | |
| Drain |
MQ |
75 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | Río San Francisco, Río Mazamorras, Río Sambingo | |
| Communities | Guachicono, El Estrecho-Patía | |
The Río Guachicono is an approx. 115 km long left tributary of the Río Patía in southwest Colombia .
River course
The Río Guachicono rises at an altitude of about 3750 m in the Colombian Central Cordillera on the southwest flank of the 4580 m high Sotará volcano . The Río Guachicono initially flows 10 km to the south and then turns to the west and north-northwest. Between river kilometers 86 and 60 it flows west. At Piedrasentada the Río Guachicono turns to the southwest. At river kilometer 38, in the town of Guachicono , the Río Mazamorras flows into the Río Guachicono from the left. El Estrecho-Patía is located on the north bank at river kilometer 15 . At river kilometer 11, the Río Sambingo flows into the Río Guachicono when coming from the south. This now flows to the west. The highway I-25 ( Popayán –Mojarras) crosses the river 6.7 km above the mouth . Finally, the Guachicono River meets the Patía River from the north.
Hydrology
The catchment area covers an area of around 2490 km². It borders in the north on that of the Río Esmita , in the east on the headwaters of the Río Magdalena , in the southeast on the headwaters of the Río Caquetá and in the south on the catchment area of the Río Mayo . The mean discharge of the Río Guachicono is 75 m³ / s.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Alberto Lobo-Guerrero Uscátegui: Hidrología e Hidrogeología de la Región Pacífica Colombiana (PDF, 1.2 MB) Logemin SA. 1993. Retrieved April 6, 2019.