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San Juan River (Colombia)

The 883rd longest river in the world

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The San Juan River (Río San Juan) is a Colombian river that flows into the Pacific Ocean through the Chocó Department. It is approximately 380 kilometres (240 mi) and drains a watershed of 16,000 square kilometres (6, 200 sq mi). The river drains into a large delta that covers nearly 300 square kilometres (120 sq mi). The average discharge of the Rio San Juan is 2,054.67 m3/s.

Flows through: Colombia.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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