Pance River

thumb|300px|Waterfall on the Pance River The '''Pance River''' flows along the southern side of Cali, Colombia and is a popular place for locals for recreation and leisure activities.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Carayannis |first=Elias G. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ejyaXCWUiVYC |title=Creating a Sustainable Social Ecology Using Technology-driven Solutions |date=2013-01-01 |publisher=Idea Group Inc (IGI) |isbn=978-1-4666-3614-9 |pages=296–311 |language=en}}</ref> It is one of the only rivers in the city that is not polluted, and in which people can still swim.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Gutiérrez |first1=Juan Pablo |last2=Delgado |first2=Luis Germán |last3=van Halem |first3=Doris |last4=Wessels |first4=Peter |last5=Rietveld |first5=Luuk C. |date=2016-06-30 |title=Multi-criteria analysis applied to the selection of drinking water sources in developing countries: a case study of Cali, Colombia |url=https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2016.031 |journal=Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development |volume=6 |issue=3 |pages=401–413 |doi=10.2166/washdev.2016.031 |issn=2043-9083|doi-access=free }}</ref>

The Pance River is one of the major rivers in Cali. Its source is in the Farallones de Cali, in the Pico Pance, the highest mountain in the Western Cordillera, at over {{convert|4000|m|ft}}. The river is more than {{convert|25|km|mi}} long and flows in a west–east direction into the river Jamundí-turn, a tributary of the Cauca River, draining a catchment area of {{convert|89.75|km2|mi2}}. Pance has a flow rate of {{convert|2.59|m3/s|cuft/s}} passing through the station Comfamiliar Pance.

In the initial part the waters are fast, cool and clear, showing low levels of contamination. The river is a popular destination for the inhabitants of Cali. In the area known as the Maelstrom there are several restaurants and recreational parks.

== Ecology == Along with the rivers Claro and Jamundí, the number of species of orchids in and around the forests of the Pance river watershed is considerably higher than other sites at a given altitude range.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Orejuela |first=Jorge E. |date=2007 |title=Orchids of a Regenerated Tropical Dry Forest in the Cali River Watershed, Municipality of Cali, Colombia |url=http://lankesteriana.org/lankesteriana/Lankesteriana%20vol.%207.%202007/Lankesteriana%207(1-2)/019%20Orejuela.pdf |access-date=2022-10-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202123703/http://lankesteriana.org/lankesteriana/Lankesteriana%20vol.%207.%202007/Lankesteriana%207(1-2)/019%20Orejuela.pdf |archive-date=2020-12-02 }}</ref>

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== Further reading ==

* {{Citation |last1=Henao Bermudez |first1=Juan Manuel |title=Comparando dos formas de hacer comunicación: comunicación institucional frente a comunicación comunitaria, a través del diseño en la subcuenca del Río Pance en Cali, Colombia |url=https://doi.org/10.25100/nc.v0i24.7696 |publication-date=26 March 2019 |language=es |access-date=14 October 2022 |last2=Aguirre Ramos |first2=Javier Adolfo|journal=Revista Nexus Comunicación |year=2019 |doi=10.25100/nc.v0i24.7696 |s2cid=159054769 |doi-access=free |hdl=10893/20467 |hdl-access=free }}

Category:Rivers of Colombia