Sierra de Perijá

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mountain range subrange of the Andes

Sierra de Perijá is a remote mountain range forming part of the northern Andes along the Colombia–Venezuela border, known for its rich biodiversity and role as a watershed between the Caribbean and the Lake Maracaibo basin.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Serranía de Perijá (Colombian sector) 1
Serranía del Perijá 1
Serranía del Perijá (portion) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range ⓘ
subrange of the Andes ⓘ
borderRegionOf Colombia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Venezuela NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate humid tropical ⓘ
montane ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
countryProtectedArea Venezuela NERFINISHED ⓘ
drainsTo Caribbean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lake Maracaibo NERFINISHED ⓘ
formsWatershedBetween Caribbean Sea basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lake Maracaibo basin ⓘ
geologicalFormation Andean orogeny NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasConservationStatus partially protected ⓘ
hasEcosystemType cloud forest ⓘ
montane forest ⓘ
páramo ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ
hasLandUse cattle ranching (in some foothill areas) ⓘ
subsistence agriculture (in some areas) ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Sierra de Perijá National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRole important watershed ⓘ
indigenousPeoples Barí (region) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yukpa (region) NERFINISHED ⓘ
isHabitatFor Andean fauna ⓘ
endemic amphibians ⓘ
endemic birds ⓘ
isPartOfBiogeographicRegion Tropical Andes biodiversity hotspot NERFINISHED ⓘ
isRemote true ⓘ
knownFor cloud forests ⓘ
endemic species ⓘ
paramo ecosystems ⓘ
remote location ⓘ
rich biodiversity ⓘ
languageOfToponym Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Cesar Department NERFINISHED ⓘ
La Guajira Department NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zulia state NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnBorderOf Colombia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Venezuela NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Andes Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northern Andes NERFINISHED ⓘ
separates Caribbean coastal basin ⓘ
Lake Maracaibo basin ⓘ
threatenedBy deforestation (localized) ⓘ
illegal armed groups (historically) ⓘ
translationOfName Perijá Range NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

La Guajira Department → contains → Sierra de Perijá ⓘ
this entity surface form: Serranía del Perijá
Cordillera Oriental → containsMountainRange → Sierra de Perijá ⓘ
this entity surface form: Serranía de Perijá (Colombian sector)
Lake Maracaibo → drainageBasin → Sierra de Perijá ⓘ
Cesar Department → hasGeographicFeature → Sierra de Perijá ⓘ
this entity surface form: Serranía del Perijá mountain range
Cesar Department → hasProtectedArea → Sierra de Perijá ⓘ
this entity surface form: Serranía del Perijá (portion)
Yukpa language → region → Sierra de Perijá ⓘ