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Catatumbo River

River shared between Colombia and Venezuela
Place River Q1948210

Facts

8 properties

Identity

Instance of
river

Location

Country
Colombia, Venezuela[3][4]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 9.344°, -71.711°[6]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Zulia[2]

Population and size

Length
+338[10]
More facts +3
Mouth of the watercourse
Lake Maracaibo[5]
Tributary
Sardinata River, Zulia River, Peralonso River[7][8][9]
Watershed area
+22317[11]
🏷️ Also known as
en Catatumbo River ar نهر كتاتمبو cs Catatumbo de Río Catatumbo es Rio Catatumbo id Sungai Catatumbo it Fiume Catatumbo ja カタトゥンボ川 ja カタトゥムボ川 nl Rio Catatumbo nl Río Catatumbo ru Кататумбо sv Catatumbofloden th แม่น้ำกาตาตุมโบ vi Sông Catalumbo zh 卡塔通博河
🔖 Identifiers · 13
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Catatumbolightning.jpg ↗
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Catatumbo-River
FAST ID
1310438
Freebase ID
/m/0cn1vs
GNS Unique Feature ID
-939008
GeoNames ID
3646197
IdRef ID
260489131
J9U entity ID
987007284856205171
National Library of Brazil ID
001465340
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3883610
OpenStreetMap relation ID
11148768
Topic's main category
Category:Catatumbo River
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Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["River", "CatatumboRiver::53g2j"]

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🔗 Connections
Tributary 3
Zulia River, Sardinata River, Peralonso River
Country 2
Colombia, Venezuela
← Drainage basin 2
Sardinata River, Peralonso River
← Mouth of the watercourse 2
Zulia River, Sardinata River
Instance of 1
river
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Zulia
Mouth of the watercourse 1
Lake Maracaibo
← Inflows 1
Lake Maracaibo
← Located in or next to body of water 1
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Summary

Catatumbo River is a river[1].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Colombia[3], a sovereign state[12], in Colombia[13], founded in 1810[14] and Venezuela[4], a sovereign state[15], founded in 1811[16].

Related Entities

Colombia Lake Maracaibo Venezuela

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [12] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9w ago · DeltaBot bot · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National Library of Brazil ID → 001465340
    FAST ID → 1310438
    IdRef ID → 260489131
    "Changed claim: FAST ID: 1310438"
  2. 9w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Watershed area → 22,317
    Category for the water basin → Wikidata item
    Instance of → river
    Country → Colombia, Venezuela
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: FAST ID: 01310438"
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