Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes
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The Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes are a major Andean mountain chain in Colombia characterized by high plateaus, deep valleys, and significant cultural and ecological diversity.
All labels observed (7)
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Andean mountain range
ⓘ
mountain range ⓘ |
| age | Cenozoic ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes
ⓘ
surface form:
Cordillera Oriental de Colombia
|
| borders |
Cordillera Central (Colombian Andes)
ⓘ
surface form:
Cordillera Central of Colombia
Orinoco Llanos floodplains ⓘ
surface form:
Llanos Orientales
|
| characterizedBy |
cultural diversity
ⓘ
deep valleys ⓘ ecological diversity ⓘ high plateaus ⓘ |
| climate |
montane tropical
ⓘ
páramo alpine ⓘ |
| contains |
Altiplano Cundiboyacense
ⓘ
Arauca Department ⓘ
surface form:
Arauca Department (mountain foothills)
Metropolitan Area of Bogotá ⓘ
surface form:
Bogotá metropolitan area
Bogotá savanna ⓘ Boyacá Department ⓘ Bucaramanga ⓘ Casanare Department ⓘ
surface form:
Casanare Department (mountain foothills)
Chingaza páramo ⓘ Cocuy National Natural Park ⓘ Cundinamarca region ⓘ
surface form:
Cundinamarca Department
Eastern Llanos foothills ⓘ Meta Department (mountain foothills) ⓘ Norte de Santander Department ⓘ Pamplona, Colombia ⓘ
surface form:
Pamplona, Norte de Santander
Pisba páramo ⓘ Santander Department ⓘ Serranía de la Macarena foothills ⓘ Sumapaz páramo ⓘ Tunja ⓘ |
| country | Colombia ⓘ |
| drainedBy |
Arauca River
ⓘ
Chicamocha River ⓘ Magdalena River valley ⓘ
surface form:
Magdalena River basin
Meta River ⓘ Orinoco Basin ⓘ
surface form:
Orinoco River basin
Suárez River ⓘ |
| ecoregion |
Yungas forest
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Cordillera Real montane forests
Andean páramo ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Andean páramo
|
| geology |
Cenozoic sedimentary rocks
ⓘ
Mesozoic sedimentary rocks ⓘ fold-and-thrust belt ⓘ |
| highestPointElevation | 5410 m ⓘ |
| highestPointName | Ritacuba Blanco ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Northern Andes
ⓘ
South America ⓘ |
| orogeny | Andean orogeny ⓘ |
| partOf |
Andes
ⓘ
Colombian Andes ⓘ |
| supports |
dense human population centers
ⓘ
high Andean agriculture ⓘ |
Referenced by (78)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
northeastern Andes of Colombia
this entity surface form:
Andes orientales de Colombia
subject surface form:
Chía
this entity surface form:
Eastern Cordillera of the Colombian Andes
this entity surface form:
Eastern Andes of Colombia
this entity surface form:
Cordillera Oriental de Colombia