Cordillera Oriental

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Andean mountain range mountain range

Cordillera Oriental is the easternmost of Colombia’s three main Andean mountain ranges, known for its high plateaus, rich biodiversity, and major population centers such as Bogotá.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Cordillera Oriental canonical 10
Cordillera Oriental (Colombian Andes) 1
Cordillera Oriental de los Andes 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Andean mountain range ⓘ
mountain range ⓘ
biodiversity high ⓘ
climate varies from cold high-mountain to warm foothills ⓘ
containsCity Bogotá ⓘ
Bucaramanga ⓘ
Cúcuta ⓘ
Pasto ⓘ
Tunja ⓘ
Villavicencio (foothills region) ⓘ
containsEcosystem cloud forest ⓘ
montane forest ⓘ
páramo ⓘ
containsMountainRange Sierra de Perijá ⓘ
surface form: Serranía de Perijá (Colombian sector)

Serranía de los Yariguíes ⓘ
Sierra Nevada del Cocuy ⓘ
containsNationalPark Chingaza National Natural Park ⓘ
Cocuy National Natural Park ⓘ
Serranía de los Yariguíes National Natural Park ⓘ
Sumapaz National Natural Park ⓘ
containsPlateau Bogotá savanna ⓘ
Boyacá River valley ⓘ
surface form: Duitama–Sogamoso valley

Ubaté Valley ⓘ
surface form: Ubaté–Chiquinquirá valley
containsSedimentaryBasin Eastern Cordillera Basin ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
drainsToRiver Amazon River basin (via eastern slopes) ⓘ
Magdalena River ⓘ
Orinoco Basin ⓘ
surface form: Orinoco River basin
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
cattle ranching ⓘ
coal mining ⓘ
oil and gas production (foothills) ⓘ
extendsIntoCountry Venezuela ⓘ
geologicalAge mainly Mesozoic–Cenozoic ⓘ
geologicalType fold-and-thrust belt ⓘ
hasPart Altiplano Cundiboyacense ⓘ
Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Colombian Andes high plateaus
highestPeak Ritacuba Blanco ⓘ
highestPeakElevation about 5410 m ⓘ
indigenousPeoplesHistorically Guane ⓘ
Lache ⓘ
Muisca ⓘ
languageRegion predominantly Spanish-speaking ⓘ
locatedInRegion central and eastern Colombia ⓘ
notablePáramo Parque Nacional Natural Chingaza ⓘ
surface form: Páramo de Chingaza

Páramo de Santurbán ⓘ
Parque Nacional Natural Sumapaz ⓘ
surface form: Páramo de Sumapaz
orogeny Andean orogeny ⓘ
partOf Andes ⓘ
populationCenters high ⓘ
positionInColombia easternmost Andean range ⓘ
separatesRegion Magdalena River valley ⓘ
surface form: Magdalena River valley from Llanos Orientales

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Andean Region of Colombia → hasPart → Cordillera Oriental ⓘ
Guatavita → locatedOn → Cordillera Oriental ⓘ
this entity surface form: eastern cordillera of the Andes
Departamento de Cundinamarca → containsGeographicalFeature → Cordillera Oriental ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cordillera Oriental de los Andes
Cotopaxi (volcano) → partOf → Cordillera Oriental ⓘ
subject surface form: Cotopaxi
Parque Nacional Natural Sumapaz → locatedIn → Cordillera Oriental ⓘ
Departamento de Boyacá → hasMountainRange → Cordillera Oriental ⓘ
Ubaté Valley → mountainRange → Cordillera Oriental ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cordillera Oriental (Colombian Andes)
Cayambe → locatedIn → Cordillera Oriental ⓘ
El Altar → mountainRange → Cordillera Oriental ⓘ
Tungurahua → mountainRange → Cordillera Oriental ⓘ
Pasca → locatedInOrographicFeature → Cordillera Oriental ⓘ
Putumayo → containsMountainRange → Cordillera Oriental ⓘ
Lake Iguaque → mountainRange → Cordillera Oriental ⓘ