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Vichada River

The 675th longest river in the world

580 km

The Vichada River (Río Vichada, Spanish pronunciation: [ˈri.o iˈ tʃaða]) is a blackwater river in Colombia, South America. It flows into the Orinoco River. The eastward course of the Vichada is offset by an impact structure, called the Vichada Structure. The structure is most likely the largest impact structure in South America.

Flows through: Colombia.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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