Sogamoso River Explained

Sogamoso River
Mouth Location:	Magdalena River → Caribbean Sea
Subdivision Type1:	Country
Subdivision Name1:	Colombia

Sogamoso River (pronounced as /es/) is a river of northern Colombia. It flows into the Magdalena River and on to the Caribbean Sea. The Sogamoso Dam on the river near Bucaramanga was completed in 2014.^[1]

Course

The Sogamoso River is a river in northern Colombia, which is formed by the confluence of the Suárez River and the Chicamocha River after crossing the Chicamocha Canyon, and flows into the Magdalena River between Puerto Wilches and Barrancabermeja, and this in turn empties into the Caribbean Sea.^[2]

See also

• List of rivers of Colombia

Further reading

7.206°N -73.9215°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sogamoso Hydroelectric Project. ISAGEN S.A. E.S.P.. 29 March 2012.
2. Web site: Tiempos y espacios de la circulación: El camino y la ruta en la cuenca del río Sogamoso, una mirada de larga duración (in Spanish) - Times and spaces of circulation: The road and the route in the Sogamoso river basin, a long-term look. February 19, 2023. Historia y Sociedad, National University of Colombia, Medellín branch, Jesús Bohórquez Barrera and Clara Inés Carreño Tarazona, 2009.