page_title: Geography of Colombia
section_title: Lakes
hierarchical_section_title: Geography of Colombia / Hydrology / Lakes
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Eine Satellitenaufnahme der Mündung des Rio Magdalenas (unten). An der Mündung ist auch die Großstadt Barranquilla zu sehen. Das Süßwasser des Rio Magdalenas ist deutlich zu sehen. Das Süßwasser wäre noch kilometerweit zu sehen, wenn das Bild größer wäre. Die Bucht oben (dunkles Wasser) ist das Sumpfgebiet Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta. Das Große Meer, an dem die Bucht und der Fluss liegt, ist das Karibische Meer. English: Magdalena River delta Barranquilla, Magdalena River Mouth, Colombia The mouth of the sediment-laden Magdalena River and Colombia’s chief port, Barranquilla, can be seen in this south-southeast-looking view. The river’s sediment plume extends many miles out into the southwest Caribbean Sea (bottom half of the image). The Magdalena links the interior highlands with the coastal lowlands of Colombia. Barranquilla with a population of well over a million people, is located on the west bank of the river, and has large chemical factories and cement works, along with shipbuilding and textile facilities. Identification Mission: ISS002 Roll: 732 Frame: 73 Mission ID on the Film or image: ISS002 Country or Geographic Name: COLOMBIA Features: BARRANQUILLA Center Point Latitude: 11.0 Center Point Longitude: -74.5 (Negative numbers indicate south for *latitude and west for longitude) Stereo: (Yes indicates there is an adjacent picture of the same area) ONC Map ID: JNC Map ID: Camera Camera Tilt: Camera Focal Length: 250mm Camera: HB: Hasselblad Film: 5069&#160;: Kodak Elite 100S, E6 Reversal, Replaces Lumiere, Warmer in tone vs. Lumiere. Quality Film Exposure: Percentage of Cloud Cover: 25 (11-25) Nadir Date: 20010810 (YYYYMMDD)GMT Time: 19____ (HHMMSS) Nadir Point Latitude: , Longitude: (Negative numbers indicate south for latitude and west for longitude) Nadir to Photo Center Direction: Sun Azimuth: (Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point) Spacecraft Altitude: nautical miles (0 km) Sun Elevation Angle: (Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point) Orbit Number:
context_page_description: The Republic of Colombia is situated largely in the northwest of South America, with some territories falling within the boundaries of Central America. It is bordered to the northwest by Panama; to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; and it shares maritime limits with Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti.
  Colombia has a land size of 1,138,910 km² and it is the 25th largest nation in the world and the fourth-largest country in South America. Colombia's population is not evenly distributed, and most of the people live in the mountainous western portion of the country as well as along the northern coastline; the highest number live in or near the capital city of Bogotá. The southern and eastern portions of the country are sparsely inhabited, consisting of tropical rainforest, and inland tropical plains that contain large estates or large livestock farms, oil and gas production facilities, small farming communities, and indigenous tribes with their territories. Colombia has the 35th largest Exclusive Economic Zone of 808,158 km².
context_section_description: Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta
  La Cocha Lagoon
  Lake Tota
caption: The mouth of the Magdalena River and the Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta.
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