Casiquiare river

General data
- Water type: Distributary
- Source: Orinoco
- Progression: Rio Negro -> Amazon -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
- Climates: Tropical
- Continents: South America
- Countries: Venezuela
Description
The Casiquiare river is a distributary of the upper Orinoco flowing southward into the Rio Negro, in Venezuela, South America. As such, it forms a unique natural canal between the Orinoco and Amazon river systems. It is the world’s largest river of the kind that links two major river systems, a so-called bifurcation. The area forms a water divide, more dramatically at regional flood stage.