Guaviare
department, Colombia
Guaviare, departamento, southeastern Colombia. Guaviare lies in an area of tropical, semideciduous rainforest merging into the Llanos (grassland plains) on the north. It is bounded on the north by the Guaviare River; on the east by the highlands of the mesas (tablelands) Cubiyú and Carurú; on the south by the departamentos of Vaupés and Caquetá; and on the west and north by Meta departamento. Guaviare’s area incorporated the majority of Vaupés’ inhabitants when it was...