< Canal del Dique (Levee Channel) - artificial bifurcation
Map of Colombia showing major rivers
Map of the Amazon River drainage basin with the Amazon River highlighted
The Amazon River drainage basin; with the
Casiquiare River
, a distributary of the Orinoco River flowing southward into the
Negro River
, in Venezuela, South America. As such, it forms a unique natural canal between the Orinoco and Amazon river systems. That links two major river systems, a so-called bifurcation.
