TY - JOUR AU - Ardila-Luna, Diana Carolina PY - 2021/12/03 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - The Meta River in the Frontier-Making Process of Colombia, 1532-2016 JF - Agua y Territorio / Water and Landscape JA - AYT-WAL VL - IS - 19 SE - Dossier DO - 10.17561/at.19.5520 UR - https://revistaselectronicas.ujaen.es/index.php/atma/article/view/5520 SP - e5520 AB - <p>The Meta River is the most important waterway in the Colombian Eastern Plains. It has been navigated for different purposes since pre-Hispanic times and connects the region with the Andes and the Atlantic. This article aims to present the history of the role played by the Meta River as an instrument for the penetration of capitalism that contributed to creating and consolidating the Eastern Plains’ status as a frontier. From a perspective of environmental history, a review of primary and secondary sources was carried out to inquire about the impact of the river in the process of frontiermaking, which has generated the idea of the Llanos (Plains) as an empty and wild space. In this way, the river has been an instrument used to perpetuate the continuous extraction of resources that have been specifically linked to the circuits of capital that have profoundly transformed its landscapes.</p> ER -