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Murrí River

Murrí River

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The Murrí River is a river of Colombia. It drains into the Caribbean Sea via the Atrato River.

Geography

The Río Murrí rises on the western slopes of the Cordillera Occidental, in Las Orquídeas National Natural Park (Antioquia department). It then flows westwards before joining the Atrato river in the municipality of Bojayá (Chocó department).[1][2]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Treuttel; Würtz (1824). Bulletin des sciencs géographiques, etc.: Économie publique ; voyages. Vol. 2. Retrieved 12 October 2014. Le troisième rameau, la plus haute montagne des Cordillères, sépare le Cauca de l'Atrato, court au nord et renferme dans son sein d'immenses réservoirs d'où s'échappent le Río San Juan, le Bebara, le Penderisco ou Murrí [...]
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    Alexander von Humboldt; Aimé Bonpland (1825). Voyage aux régions équinoxiales du nouveau continent: fait en 1799. Vol. 1. Schoell. Retrieved 12 October 2014. La masse occidentale du nœud des montagnes d'Antioquia, entre le Cauca et l'Atrato, donne naissance, à son versant occidental, au río San Juan, au Bebara et au Murrí
Source
  • Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.


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