La Grita (river)

La Grita is a river that partly runs along the Colombian-Venezuelan border. A 1919 source noted that there was a very promising copper mine on the river, at Seporuco, but that it was at such high altitude that it could not be developed.^[1] It was navigable from the port of Guamas by boats and canoes.^[2]

The towns of La Grita and La Fria are on the river.^[3] The towns of Boca de Grita, Venezuela, and Puerto Santander, Colombia, are at the mouth of La Grita River, where it flows into the Zulia River.^[3][4][5]

In 1888 a railroad line was built between La Fria and El Brazo, and an international bridge was built in 1926.^[3] In 1926 plans to extend the Tachira Railway from Oropé Station to the river were noted.^[6]

Parque El Pinar overlooks the river.^[7]

See also

• Táchira River
• Táchira Depression
• General Juan Pablo Peñaloza National Park