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    The Atrato River (Spanish: Río Atrato) is a river of northwestern Colombia. It rises in the slopes of the Western Cordillera and flows almost due north...
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    Atrato is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department near the Pacific Ocean, Colombia. Atrato has an extremely wet tropical rainforest climate (Af)...
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  • On 12 January 2024, a large landslide occurred in El Carmen de Atrato, Colombia, killing at least 37 people and injuring at least 35 others. Despite a...
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    El Carmen de Atrato is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia. El Carmen de Atrato has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cfb) which...
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  • Atrato is the name of a town and municipality in Colombia. After it are named: The Atrato River, which flows from the Cordillera Occidental to the Gulf...
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    RMS Atrato was a UK steamship that was built in 1888 as a Royal Mail Ship and ocean liner for the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. In 1912 she was sold...
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    RMS Atrato was a UK iron-hulled steamship. She was built in 1853 for the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company as a side-wheel paddle steamer, and at the time...
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    Medio Atrato (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmeðjo aˈtɾato]) is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia. Medio Atrato has an extremely wet...
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  • Atrato slider (Trachemys medemi) is a species of turtle in the family Emydidae endemic to northwestern Colombia. It was described in 2017. The Atrato...
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    place in the world. Three large rivers drain the Chocó Department, the Atrato (which runs north, with tributaries that also flow north), the San Juan...
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    narrowest of Colombia's mountain ranges. Next is the broad region of the Río Atrato/Río San Juan lowland. In 1855, William Kennish, an engineer and veteran...
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    Mama Atrato II (born 1949) is the queen mother of Ho-Dome in the Asogli Traditional area of the Volta region of Ghana. She was born on 1 April 1949 in...
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    the world. The main rivers of Colombia are Magdalena, Cauca, Guaviare, Atrato, Meta, Putumayo and Caquetá. Colombia has four main drainage systems: the...
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    From there, the Central American land mass extends southeastward to the Atrato River, where it connects to the Pacific Lowlands in northwestern South America...
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    diverse. The Colombian side is dominated primarily by the river delta of the Atrato River, which creates a flat marshland at least 80 km (50 mi) wide. The Serranía...
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    Chocó Department, in the Pacific Region of Colombia, and is located on the Atrato River. The municipality of Quibdó has an area of 3,507 km² and a population...
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  • and injuring 12 others. January 13 – El Carmen de Atrato landslide: A landslide in El Carmen de Atrato, Chocó, kills 37 people and injures at least 35 others...
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    the Emberá, of upper Atrato and San Juan rivers, and the Wounaan of the lower San Juan River. The Emberá are also known as the Atrato, Bedea, Cholo, Darién...
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    75°W / 15; -75 Type Sea Part of Atlantic Ocean River sources Magdalena Atrato Chagres San Juan Coco Motagua Basin countries List  Antigua and Barbuda...
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    del Cauca, Cauca and Nariño. From north to south the main rivers are the Atrato, San Juan, Calima, Dagua, Anchicayá, Sanquianga. This region has the distinction...
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    including three hitherto unexplored rivers: the Apurimac, Peru, in 1975; the Atrato, Colombia, in 1979; and the Caroni, Venezuela, in 1982. In 1993 he made...
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  • opinion) Geographic features with special protections Turag River (Bangladesh) Atrato River (Colombia) Ganges River (India) Yamuna River (India) Te Urewera forest...
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    eastern side naturally sheltered by the Turbo Bay part of the Gulf. The Atrato River flows into the Gulf of Urabá. A study by Bio-Pacific has suggested...
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  • century on the communication of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and the Atrato River. He devoted his life and fortune to pursue the dream of connecting...
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    tropical prochilodontid freshwater fish from Colombia. It is found in the Atrato, Sinú, Cauca and Magdalena Rivers. It has been measured to reach 36 cm (14 in)...
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    Grande del Atrato Island...
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    Brazil Xingu - Brazil Tocantins - Brazil Araguaia - Brazil Apure - Venezuela Atrato - Colombia Baudó - Colombia Bío-Bío - Chile Malleco - Chile Caroní - Venezuela...
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  • The Colombian Constitutional and Supreme Courts recognized rights for the Atrato river and Amazon ecosystem in 2016 and 2018, respectively. Criticisms of...
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    Mesoheros is a genus of cichlids. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru; Atrato River flowing into the Atlantic, San Juan, Baudó and Patia Rivers to Esmeraldas...
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    through Colombia (where it has been sighted as far south as El Carmen de Atrato, Chocó Province), as well as Costa Rica and Panamá. They have been occasionally...
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