Tapaje River
Tapaje River | |
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Location | |
Country | Colombia |
Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | |
• location | Pacific Ocean |
• coordinates | 2°38′42″N 78°06′51″W / 2.644981°N 78.114258°W |
The Tapaje River is a river which flows through Colombia. It empties into the Pacific Ocean.[1]
An 1853
Province of Barbacoas: a boy fashioning a clay pot, a boy holding a commercially manufactured clay bottle, and an adult woman holding a paddle.[2][3]
In 2007,
Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting,[5] and over 7,200 people fled to El Charco, a "small port town" located "at the mouth of the Tapaje River", according to a report from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.[6][7]
See also
References
- ^ "Tapaje River". GeoNames. Retrieved July 18, 2021.
- .
- ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993
- ^ "Colombia: Tapaje River area". all4all.org. 2007-04-27. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- ^ Villalon, Carlos (July 13, 2007). "Down the Rio Tapaje". Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- ^ UN High Commissioner for Refugees (20 Apr 2007). "A Colombian town doubles in size as thousands flee fighting". ReliefWeb.
- ISBN 978-1-84935-005-1.