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Río de Oro (Catatumbo)

Coordinates: 9°20′39″N 71°42′38″W / 9.34417°N 71.7106°W / 9.34417; -71.7106
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Rio de Oro is a river of Colombia and Venezuela.

Geography

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Río de Oro has its source on the eastern slope of the serranía de Los Motilones, in the Catatumbo Barí Natural Park (extreme north of the Norte de Santander Department of Colombia). It then flows eastward following the Venezuelan border,[1] going to Venezuela then join the Catatumbo River[2] in the state of Zulia.

References

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  1. ^ Collectif (1993). Ediciones de la Academia Nacional de la Historia (ed.). Los limites entre Venezuela y Colombia : Documentos oficiales que los han establecido (in Spanish). p. 562. ISBN 9789802227273. Retrieved 11 September 2018..
  2. ^ Collectif (1922). Imprimerie P. Attinger [in French] (ed.). Arbitrage entre la Colombie et le Venezuela. p. 148. Retrieved 12 September 2018..

9°20′39″N 71°42′38″W / 9.34417°N 71.7106°W / 9.34417; -71.7106


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