{{Infobox river | name =Inírida River | image = Cerros de Mavecure (Guainía, Colombia).JPG | image_size = | image_caption = The Inírida River below the Cerros de Mavecure | map = Guaviarerivermap.png | map_caption = Map of the Guaviare basin, highlighted in yellow, including the Inírida | source1_location =Serranía de la Macarena | mouth_location =Guaviare River | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Colombia | length ={{convert|1,300|km|mi|abbr=on}} | source1_elevation = | mouth_elevation ={{convert|77|m|abbr=on}} | discharge1_avg ={{convert|3,385|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}<ref name="Estudio Nacional del Agua 2010">{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/falvarado/docs/ena_2010-web|title=Estudio Nacional del Agua 2010|last1=Félix Dario|first1=Sánchez|last2=Martha|first2=García|last3=Omar|first3=Jaramillo|last4=Nelsy|first4=Verdugo|year=2010}}</ref> to {{convert|2,948.4|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}<ref name="Rivers Network">{{cite web|url=https://www.riversnetwork.org/rbo/index.php/river-blogs/south-america/itemlist/category/960-guaviare|title=Rivers Network|year=2020|access-date=2022-03-23|archive-date=2022-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808110119/https://riversnetwork.org/rbo/index.php/river-blogs/south-america/itemlist/category/960-guaviare|url-status=dead}}</ref> | basin_size ={{convert|53,795|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}<ref name="Estudio Nacional del Agua 2010"/> to {{convert|53,816.9|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}<ref name="Rivers Network"/> |discharge1_location=Inírida, Colombia|mouth_coordinates={{coord|3|51|57.01|N|67|55|42.74|W|type:_river}}}} The '''Inírida''' ({{IPA|es|iˈniɾiða}}, Spanish: Río Inírida) is a river in the north-west of South America, in the territory of Colombia, the largest tributary of the Guaviare (the Orinoco River basin).
The length of the river is {{convert|1,300|km|mi|abbr=on}}, {{convert|1,000|km|mi|abbr=on}} of which are navigable for small vessels. There are rapids and waterfalls in the upper and middle courses of the river. The river has a dark colour due to the abundance of plant residues.
It originates in the Tuhani mountains in the department of Guaviare, {{convert|25|km|mi|abbr=on}} from Cerro Pintado. In the upper course it flows first to the west, then turns to the east, on the plain it flows in a northeasterly direction. The river mouth is located in the department of Guainía near the town of Inírida, about {{convert|25|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the border with Venezuela. The Guaviare River takes waters of the Inírida, then flows north-east for {{convert|25|km|mi|abbr=on}}, and together with the Atabapo River merges with the Orinoco near the city of San Fernando de Atabapo.
==See also== *List of rivers of Colombia
==References== {{Reflist}} *Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
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{{Coord|3|54|30|N|67|55|00|W|type:landmark_source:kolossus-plwiki|display=title}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Inirida River}} Category:Rivers of Colombia
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