Ariari

The Ariari flows through the eastern lowlands beyond the Colombian Andes. It joins the Guayabero to form the Guaviare, a major tributary of the Orinoco. The rivers carry water from the mountains across the plains and forest margins, joining local channels to a far larger drainage system. The Ariari country was also part of the territory of the Guayupe, an Arawak-speaking people encountered by sixteenth-century Spanish expeditions.