(257400 km 2) of any river system in Colombia, and its watershed occupies 24% of the
Colombian territory. The river originates in the Andean Cordillera at an elevation of 3685 m
and flows to its mouth in the Caribbean Sea (Bocas de Cenizas). For this study, information
on daily flow discharge (Q), suspended sediment transport (Q s) and mean suspended
sediment concentration (C s) from 1990–2010 for the Magdalena River, based on …