The Gulf of Urabá is a gulf on the northern coast of South America. It is a long narrow inlet in the coast of Colombia, close to the connection of the continent to the Isthmus of Panama. The town of Turbo lies at the southern end of the Gulf. The Atrato River flows into the Gulf of Uraba. South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... The Isthmus of Panama. ... Turbo is a port town in Antioquia Department, Colombia. ... The Río Atrato is a river of northwestern Colombia. ...
A study by Bio-Pacifico has suggested, as an alternative to building a 54-mile link across the Darien gap to complete the Pan-American Highway, that the Panama section of the highway be extended to the Caribbean coast and terminate at the Gulf of Urabá, then be connected by ferry to existing highways in Colombia. Darién Gap refers to a large swath of undeveloped swampland and forest separating Panama and Colombia. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...
The Gulf of Urabá is a relatively wave protected environment with a general NS orientation and a maximum width of 20 km at its northern end (Fig.
South of Necoclí, the Gulf of Urabá is dominated by deposition associated with recent human activities, the Turbo River delta being the most important (Figs.
Northwest of the Gulf of Urabá and the Atrato River delta (Fig.
Since then, according to a priest in one of the town's three parishes, there have been about 10 disappearances a week and bodies are found almost every morning along the road leading out of town and on to Apartadó.
A half hour drive up the Panamerican on the Gulf is Punta de Piedra, a tiny community of 60 living in 15 or 20 shacks.
100 kilometres south of Turbo is the town of Mutata, the southern limit of Uraba and the apparent territorial objective of the paras.
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