Río Sinú

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Río Sinú
Río Sinú at La Doctrina, 28.5 km above the mouth

Río Sinú at La Doctrina, 28.5 km above the mouth

Data
location ColombiaColombia Colombia
River system Río Sinú
Headwaters Western Cordillera
7 ° 9 ′ 1 ″  N , 75 ° 57 ′ 47 ″  W.
Source height approx.  3100  m
muzzle Gulf of Morrosquillo ( Caribbean Sea ) Coordinates: 9 ° 26 ′ 26 "  N , 75 ° 56 ′ 57"  W 9 ° 26 ′ 26 "  N , 75 ° 56 ′ 57"  W
Mouth height 0  m
Height difference approx. 3100 m
Bottom slope approx. 7.5 ‰
length approx. 415 km
Catchment area 10,180 km²
Outflow
A Eo : 10,180 km² 		MQ
Mq
 		373 m³ / s
36.6 l / (s km²)
Left tributaries Río Esmeralda , Río Verde
Reservoirs flowed through Urrá-I dam
Big cities Montería
Medium-sized cities Tierralta , Santa Cruz de Lorica
Small towns San Bernardo del Viento

The Río Sinú is an approximately 415 km long tributary of the Caribbean Sea in Colombia .

River course

The Río Sinú rises in the Western Cordillera at an altitude of about 3100  m , 5 km north of the 3730  m high Cerro Paramillo . The upper reaches of the Río Sinú lies in the Parque Nacional Natural Paramillo . The Río Sinú initially flows 100 km in a north-northwest direction through the mountains. At river kilometer 326 the Río Esmeralda meets the Río Sinú from the left. At river kilometer 285, the river is dammed by the Urrá-I dam over a length of 25 km. The Río Verde also flows into the upper end of the reservoir when coming from the southwest. Below the dam, the Río Sinú flows through the north Colombian lowlands in a north-northeast direction. It passes the cities of Tierralta , Montería , Santa Cruz de Lorica and San Bernardo del Viento . On the last 4 kilometers, an estuary branches off to the left and right.

Hydrology

The Río Sinú drains an area of ​​10,180 km². The mean discharge is 373 m³ / s. The annual sediment load of the Río Sinú is 6.1 million tons.

Web links

Commons : Río Sinú  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Juan D. Restrepo, Björn Kjerfve: The Pacific and Caribbean Rivers of Colombia: Water Discharge, Sediment Transport and Dissolved Loads . Hydrochemical Aspects of Major Pacific and Caribbean Rivers of Colombia. January 2004. Retrieved March 15, 2019.