Carchi River

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title: "Carchi River" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["rivers-of-ecuador", "geography-of-carchi-province", "colombia–ecuador-border", "international-rivers-of-south-america", "rivers-of-colombia", "border-rivers"] description: "River of Ecuador" topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carchi_River" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary River of Ecuador ::

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Field	Value
name	Carchi River
image	File:Nevado Chiles 465.JPG
image_caption	The Carchi River rises on the slopes of Chiles Volcano.
subdivision_type1	Countries
subdivision_name1
source1_elevation	4698 m
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| name = Carchi River | image = File:Nevado Chiles 465.JPG | image_size = | image_caption = The Carchi River rises on the slopes of Chiles Volcano. | source1_location = | mouth_location = | subdivision_type1 = Countries | subdivision_name1 = | length = | source1_elevation = 4698 m | mouth_elevation = | discharge1_avg = | basin_size = The Carchi River is a river of Ecuador. It rises on the slopes of Chiles Volcano, elevation 4698 m, on the border of Ecuador and Colombia. The river flows eastward across the high plateau of El Angel. The Carchi has a total course of about 45 km, forming the border between Colombia and Ecuador for about 20 km. It passes between the cities of Tulcan, Ecuador and Ipiales, Colombia and beneath the Rumichaca Bridge, the principal terrestrial link between Colombia and Ecuador. Entering Colombia, the Carchi becomes known as the Guáitara River which is a tributary of the Patía River.

The Pasto people lived along the Carchi River in pre-Columbian times. At the northernmost point of the Inca Empire the Pasto were never fully conquered by the Incas. The Carchi was known as the Angasmayo River by the Incas and the early Spanish colonists. A natural stone bridge at Rumichaca was the northernmost outpost of the Inca Empire.

References

References

1. "Rio Carchi", http://www.enciclopediadelecuador.com/geografia-del-ecuador/rio-carchi/, accessed 18 Jun 2017
2. Google Earth
3. Meisch, Lynn. A. (2012), ''Costume and History in Highland Ecuador,'' Austin: University of Texas Press, p. 74
4. Almeida Reyes, Dr. Eduardo (2015), "El Camino del Inca en las Sierra Norte del Ecuador y su Valoracion Turistica", Revista de Invetigacion Cientifica, No, 7, pp. 75-87

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