page_title: Llanos Basin
section_title: Hydrography
hierarchical_section_title: Llanos Basin / Description / Hydrography
caption_attribution_description: English: River Meta and tributaries (Colombia and Venezuela) Español: Río Meta y sus afluentes (Colombia y Venezuela)
context_page_description: The Llanos Basin or Eastern Llanos Basin is a major sedimentary basin of 96,000 square kilometres in northeastern Colombia. The onshore foreland on Mesozoic rift basin covers the departments of Arauca, Casanare and Meta and parts of eastern Boyacá and Cundinamarca, western Guainía, northern Guaviare and southeasternmost Norte de Santander. The northern boundary is formed by the border with Venezuela, where the basin grades into the Barinas-Apure Basin.
context_section_description: The Llanos Basin is crossed by numerous rivers, all belonging to the Orinoco watershed. From north to south:
  Arauca River
  Bojabá
  Margua
  Orinoco River
  Capanaparo
  Cinaruco
  Tomo
  Elvita
  Bita
  Meta River
  Casanare
  Cravo Norte
  Ele
  Tame
  Ariporo
  La Fortaleza
  Guachiría
  Pauto
  Cravo Sur
  Cusiana
  Upía
  Guavio
  Lengupá
  Guatiquía
  Manacacías
  Metica
  Guayuriba
  Guaviare River
  Ariarí
  Güejar
  Guayabero
  Duda
  Losada
  Uvá
  Siare
  Vichada River
  Muco
  Tillava
caption: Rivers of the Llanos Basin
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