Eastern Cordillera of the Andes

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cordillera mountain range

The Eastern Cordillera of the Andes is a major mountain range in northern South America, running primarily through Colombia and characterized by high plateaus, deep valleys, and significant biodiversity.

Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Cordillera Oriental of the Andes	0	2
Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes	0	1
Northern Andes	0	1
Principal Cordillera	0	1
eastern Andes	0	1
northern Andes	0	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cordillera → mountain range →
biodiversity	high amphibian diversity → high bird diversity → high plant endemism →
boundedBy	Orinoco Llanos floodplains → surface form: Llanos Orientales Magdalena River valley →
climate	tropical highland climate →
contains	Altiplano Cundiboyacense → Sabana de Bogotá → surface form: Bogotá savanna Cordillera de Mérida → Sabana de Bogotá → Sierra Nevada del Cocuy National Park → surface form: Sierra Nevada del Cocuy National Natural Park
continent	South America →
country	Colombia →
crossedBy	Magdalena River tributaries →
extendsInto	Ecuador → Venezuela →
formedBy	subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South American Plate →
geologicalAge	Cenozoic → Mesozoic →
geologicalSetting	Andean orogeny →
geology	folded Mesozoic and Cenozoic strata → sedimentary rocks →
hasEcosystem	cloud forest → montane forest → páramo →
hasFeature	deep valleys → fold-and-thrust belts → high plateaus → intermontane basins → significant biodiversity →
highestPoint	Sierra Nevada del Cocuy →
importance	important water source for Colombian rivers → major physiographic region of Colombia →
locatedIn	Colombia → northern South America →
near	Bogotá → Bucaramanga → Tunja →
orogeny	Andean orogeny →
orogenyType	convergent plate margin →
partOf	Andes →
passesThrough	Arauca Department → Boyacá Department → Casanare Department → Cundinamarca region → surface form: Cundinamarca Department Norte de Santander Department → Santander Department →
separates	Magdalena River basin from the Orinoco River basin →

Referenced by (9)

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

Altiplano plateau → borderedBy → Eastern Cordillera of the Andes →

Tolima Department → contains → Eastern Cordillera of the Andes →

this entity surface form: Cordillera Oriental of the Andes

Orinoco Basin headwaters → drains → Eastern Cordillera of the Andes →

this entity surface form: eastern Andes

Cundinamarca Department (de facto, though separate district) → hasHighlandRegion → Eastern Cordillera of the Andes →

subject surface form: Cundinamarca Department

Santander Department → hasMajorLandform → Eastern Cordillera of the Andes →

this entity surface form: Cordillera Oriental of the Andes

Andes cultural area → includesRegion → Eastern Cordillera of the Andes →

this entity surface form: northern Andes

Boyacá Department → mountainRange → Eastern Cordillera of the Andes →

this entity surface form: Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes

Aconcagua → range → Eastern Cordillera of the Andes →

this entity surface form: Principal Cordillera

Northern Volcanic Zone of the Andes → region → Eastern Cordillera of the Andes →

this entity surface form: Northern Andes