Orinoco river

Orinoco River, Spanish Río Orinoco, most important river of South America that flows in a massive arc 2,140 km from its supply withinside the Guiana Highlands to its mouth at the Atlantic Ocean. Throughout the maximum of its route it flows through Venezuela, besides for a segment that paperwork a part of the frontier among Venezuela and Colombia. The call Orinoco is derived from Warao (Guarauno) phrases meaning “an area to paddle”, a navigable place.

The Orinoco and its tributaries represent the northernmost of South America’s 4 most important river systems. Bordered through the Andes Mountains to the west and the north, the Guiana Highlands to the east, and the Amazon watershed to the south, the river basin covers a place of approximately 366,000 rectangular miles (948,000 rectangular km). It encompasses about 4-fifths of Venezuela and one-fourth of Colombia.

Length: 2,140 km