Babban kogin Cauca

Daya daga cikin mahimmancin jijiyoyin jini a Kolombiya shine Kogin Cauca, kusa da Kogin Magdalena su ne kogunan guda biyu da suka ratsa babban yanki na yankin.

An haife shi ne kusa da Laguna del Buey a cikin Colombian Massif (sashen Cauca) kuma yana gudana zuwa Kogin Magdalena kusa da garin Pinillos a cikin sashen Bolívar. A cikin hanyarsa tsakanin tsaka-tsakin tsaunuka na tsakiya da yamma, ana iya gano Kogin Cauca manyan yankuna uku na kogin: Cauca ta sama, Cauca ta tsakiya da Cauca ta ƙasa. Waɗannan sunaye suna da nasaba da canje-canje na ƙasa daban-daban da rafin ke gudana. A cikin ƙananan kogin kogin yana da faɗi kuma mai ƙarfi tare da tafiyar hawainiya akan yankin kwari mai faɗi.

A tsakiyar kogin ya shiga yankin tsaunuka na yankin kofi, a nan kogin ba shi da faɗi kaɗan amma ruwansa yana tafiya da sauri, ba tare da yiwuwar yin kewaya ba, kuma a cikin babban kogin kogin ya koma filin daga Antioquia. ya ratsa ta cikin ƙananan hukumomi sama da 180 a sassan Cauca, Valle del Cauca, Quindío, Risaralda, Caldas, Antioquia, Córdoba, Sucre da Bolívar.

Tafkin ruwa na kimanin kilomita 63.300 km² shine wurin da ake gudanar da aiyuka iri daban daban kamar masana'antar sukari, noman kofi, samar da wutar lantarki, hakar ma'adanai da aikin gona.