Rio Zulia

Rio Zulia
The Zulia near Santiago in the Venezuelan state of Zulia
Data
location	Colombia , Venezuela
River system	Catatumbo River
Drain over	Río Catatumbo  → Lake Maracaibo  → Caribbean Sea
confluence	from Río Arboledas and Río Cucutilla 7 ° 37 ′ 39 ″  N , 72 ° 46 ′ 35 ″  W
Source height	874  m
muzzle	west of Encontrados in the Río Catatumbo Coordinates: 9 ° 3 ′ 23 "  N , 72 ° 17 ′ 44"  W, 9 ° 3 ′ 23 "  N , 72 ° 17 ′ 44"  W
Mouth height	12  m
Height difference	862 m
Bottom slope	2.8 ‰
length	310 km
Left tributaries	Río Salazar , Río Peralonso
Right tributaries	Río Grita , Río Pamplonita
Communities	El Zulia , Puerto Santander , El Guayabo

The Río Zulia is a roughly 310 kilometers long river in northern South America.

It flows through the Colombian Departamento de Norte de Santander , passes the border to the Venezuelan state of Zulia at Puerto Santander and flows into the Río Catatumbo at Encontrados .