VALERIA SUESCUNJONIER MURILLO

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The project rivers

THE MEDELLÍN RIVER

The Medellín River or river bored is a Colombian River that flows through the city of Medellín and its metropolitan area. Born to 3100 meters above sea level in the Alto de San Miguel, in the municipality of Caldas, South of the Valley of Aburrá, and 100 kilometers later, already with the name of Rio Porce, pours its waters into the river Nechi.

The city of Medellín is divided into two by the Medellín River, this river is 100 kilometers from its source until it becomes the Porce River. Since its birth in the alto de San Miguel to about 2,700 meters, until you change your name, it receives the water about 200 direct tributaries and through them to more than 352 creeks. The Medellín River basin is configured in this way.

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MEDELLÍN RIVER BASIN Called also it hoya hydrographic, is a

physical area duly delimited, in where the surface water and groundwater are dumped to a natural network through one or more channels of continuous or intermittent flow, which converge in a main river, into a natural water deposit, or directly to the sea, which can be considered as a drainage system.

How to help the Medellin River

We must avoid throwing wastes, chemical, and material objects, etc...

Contribute to the company san Fernando. Report suspicious activities that are out in

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Strategy launched to protect the Medellin River The Metropolitan Area of the Valley of

Aburra presented its strategy S.O.S. River S.O.S pure life, to protect the Medellín River. He is a series of programs and projects aimed at sanitation, decontamination, monitoring, control, surveillance and risk management.

Metro Medellin