Vichada River

{{Refimprove|date=March 2007}} {{Infobox river | name =Vichada River | image = Vichada Structure LC08 L1TP 005057 20160118 20170405 01 T1.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = Landsat image of the Vichada Structure | map = | map_caption = | source1_location = | mouth_location = | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Colombia | length_km = 580 | source1_elevation = | mouth_elevation = | discharge1_avg ={{convert|1,290|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}<ref name="documentacion">{{cite web |url=http://documentacion.ideam.gov.co/openbiblio/bvirtual/021888/CAP3.pdf |title=Agua Superficial |format=PDF |date=2010 |first1=Félix Darío |last1=Sánchez |first2=Martha |last2=García |first3=Omar |last3=Jaramillo |first4=Nelsy |last4=Verdugo |publisher=Estudio Nacional Del Agua |access-date=2023-03-30 |archive-date=2023-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604165455/http://documentacion.ideam.gov.co/openbiblio/bvirtual/021888/CAP3.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> | basin_size_km2 = 26,212 | basin_size_ref = <ref name="documentacion"/> |discharge1_location=Confluence of Orinoco, Columbia}} The '''Vichada River''' ({{langx|es|Río Vichada}}, {{IPA|es|ˈri.o βiˈ tʃaða}}) is a blackwater river in Colombia, South America. It flows into the Orinoco River.

The eastward course of the Vichada is offset by an impact structure, called the Vichada Structure. The structure is most likely the largest impact structure in South America.<ref>[http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs/amir-alexander/20100213vichada.html Planetary Society Researcher Max Rocca Discovers Largest Impact Crater in South America], A Target Earth update by Amir Alexander, February 13, 2010, retrieved 25 May 2017</ref>

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Category:Rivers of Colombia Category:Orinoco basin