Cesar River

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The Cesar River basin in the Department of Cesar.
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The Cesar River basin in the Department of Cesar.

The Cesar River is a river in northern Colombia part of the Magdalena Basin. It separates the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta from the mountain ranges of the Serrania del Perija an extension of the Cordillera Oriental. It flows north to south, down from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in the Guajira Department onto the Cesar Department and flowing into the Zapatosa Marsh where it turns to the southwest and flows into the Magdalena River.[1] Valledupar is the only major city on its route.

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  1. ^ Index Geografia Hidrografia (Colombian Hydrographic Index) in Spanish