The Cauca River (Template:Langx) is a river in Colombia that lies between the Occidental and Central cordilleras. From its headwaters in southwestern Colombia near the city of Popayán, it joins the Magdalena River near Magangué in Bolívar Department, and the combined river eventually flows out into the Caribbean Sea. It has a length of Template:Convert to its junction with the Magdalena, for a total length of Template:Convert. The river is under the supervision of the Cauca Regional Corporation and the Cauca Valley Regional Autonomous Corporation, and is navigable for Template:Convert above its junction with the Magdalena.
- Cauca River
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Environmental issuesEdit
On November 18, 2007, Colombian newspaper El Tiempo reported that the river was receiving an average of 500 tons of residual waste a day. Pollution from the city of Popayán, seven gold mines that also add industrial pollutants such as mercury, some 8 sand mills, plus a couple of mines of coal and bauxite. Cali, the largest city on the river, depends on the river in a 76 percent. Adding to these other affluent rivers collect residual waters from other major cities and deposit an approximate of 330 tons of residual waste into the river. By the time it gets to Yumbo the river has no oxygen.<ref>Template:In lang eltiempo.com: Al río Cauca lo están matando las 500 toneladas de contaminantes que le caen cada día</ref>
The Hidroituango energy dam project has seriously affected the Cauca River.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The dam has decreased its flow in some parts, up to 80%.
