Gulf of Urabá

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The Gulf of Urabá is the inner, shallow, mangrove-lined section of the Gulf of Darién, which is a triangular extension of the Caribbean Sea. It is situated between Panama and Colombia. The Atrato River's delta empties into this gulf. Historically, Caledonia Bay within the Gulf of Darién is known for the remains of a 17th-century Scottish colony and a shipwreck discovered by archaeologists in 1979. The Urabá region is also noted for banana cultivation.12

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Atrato River
…northward to empty into the Gulf of Urabá of the Caribbean Sea. The river is only 416 miles (670 km) long, but its large discharge of no less than 175,000 cubic feet (5,000 cubic m) of water per second transports a very large quantity of sediment that is rapidly filling…
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…northward to empty into the Gulf of Urabá of the Caribbean Sea. The river is only 416 miles (670 km) long, but its large discharge of no less than 175,000 cubic feet (5,000 cubic m) of water per second transports a very large quantity of sediment that is rapidly filling…
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Gulf of Darién
…section, which is called the Gulf of Urabá, is a shallow, mangrove-lined arm lying between Caribana Point and Cape Tiburón, Colombia. The delta of the Atrato River protrudes into the gulf. Farther northwest along the Panama coast of the gulf, Caledonia Bay is the site of remains of a 17th-century…
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…section, which is called the Gulf of Urabá, is a shallow, mangrove-lined arm lying between Caribana Point and Cape Tiburón, Colombia. The delta of the Atrato River protrudes into the gulf. Farther northwest along the Panama coast of the gulf, Caledonia Bay is the site of remains of a 17th-century…
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