Northern Andes

E505537

geographical region mountain range section

The Northern Andes is the northernmost section of the Andes mountain system, spanning parts of countries such as Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela and characterized by high peaks, active volcanoes, and rich biodiversity.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
northern Andes	8
Andean Region	1
Northern Andean highlands	1
Venezuelan Andes	1
northern and central Andes	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region ⓘ mountain range section ⓘ
biodiversityHotspot	Tropical Andes hotspot ⓘ
characterizedBy	active volcanoes ⓘ high peaks ⓘ rich biodiversity ⓘ
climate	alpine climate at highest elevations ⓘ tropical highland climate ⓘ
contains	Cauca Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Cordillera de Mérida NERFINISHED ⓘ Inter-Andean valleys NERFINISHED ⓘ Magdalena Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsEcosystem	cloud forest ⓘ montane forest ⓘ páramo ⓘ
countryOverlap	Colombia NERFINISHED ⓘ Ecuador NERFINISHED ⓘ Venezuela NERFINISHED ⓘ
drainedBy	Cauca River NERFINISHED ⓘ Magdalena River NERFINISHED ⓘ Marañón River headwaters ⓘ Orinoco River tributaries ⓘ
extendsAcross	Colombia NERFINISHED ⓘ Ecuador NERFINISHED ⓘ Venezuela NERFINISHED ⓘ
formedBy	subduction of Caribbean Plate beneath South American Plate ⓘ subduction of Nazca Plate beneath South American Plate ⓘ
geologicalType	convergent plate boundary mountain belt ⓘ
hasPeak	Antisana NERFINISHED ⓘ Cayambe NERFINISHED ⓘ Nevado del Huila NERFINISHED ⓘ Nevado del Tolima NERFINISHED ⓘ Pico Bolívar NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSubdivision	Cordillera Central of Colombia NERFINISHED ⓘ Cordillera Occidental of Colombia NERFINISHED ⓘ Cordillera Oriental of Colombia NERFINISHED ⓘ Ecuadorian Andes NERFINISHED ⓘ Venezuelan Andes NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasVolcano	Chimborazo NERFINISHED ⓘ Cotopaxi NERFINISHED ⓘ Galeras NERFINISHED ⓘ Nevado del Ruiz NERFINISHED ⓘ Pichincha NERFINISHED ⓘ
highestPointLocatedIn	Ecuadorian Andes NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	frequent volcanic eruptions ⓘ seismic activity ⓘ
locatedIn	South America ⓘ
partOf	Andes NERFINISHED ⓘ
supports	dense human populations in inter-Andean valleys ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

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

Andean region → hasSubregion → Northern Andes ⓘ

Huáscar → regionRuled → Northern Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: northern and central Andes

San Agustín culture (peripheral connections) → hasGeographicContext → Northern Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: northern Andes

Bojacá → countrySubdivision → Northern Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andean Region

Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes → locatedIn → Northern Andes ⓘ

Cordillera Central of the Andes → partOf → Northern Andes ⓘ

Cordillera de Mérida → partOf → Northern Andes ⓘ

Hemispingus → foundInRegion → Northern Andes ⓘ

Doña Juana → isVolcanoOf → Northern Andes ⓘ

Machachi → belongsTo → Northern Andes ⓘ

Quito basin → locatedIn → Northern Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: northern Andes

Pichincha → region → Northern Andes ⓘ

Quillacinga → culturalArea → Northern Andes ⓘ

Guayna Capac → territorialExpansion → Northern Andes ⓘ

subject surface form: Huayna Capac

this entity surface form: northern Andes

Late Horizon → includesRegion → Northern Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: northern Andes

Andes biodiversity hotspots → includesRegion → Northern Andes ⓘ

Rumiñahui → region → Northern Andes ⓘ

Atacazo → isPartOf → Northern Andes ⓘ

Cerro Negro de Mayasquer → locatedIn → Northern Andes ⓘ

Cerro Negro de Mayasquer → region → Northern Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: northern Andes

Cañari → culturalRegion → Northern Andes ⓘ

Quitu → locatedIn → Northern Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: northern Andes

Quitu → cultureArea → Northern Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Andean highlands

Cerro Negro de Chiles → locatedIn → Northern Andes ⓘ

Penelope montagnii → nativeTo → Northern Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: northern Andes

Poblado de San Lorenzo de Aburrá → locatedIn → Northern Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: northern Andes

Mérida Province → locatedIn → Northern Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Venezuelan Andes