Serranía de los Yariguíes National Natural Park

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Serranía de los Yariguíes National Natural Park is a protected area in Colombia’s Andean region known for its cloud forests, high biodiversity, and role in conserving the headwaters of major rivers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf national park
borders Magdalena River valley NERFINISHED
Sogamoso River basin
continent South America
country Colombia
established 2005
governingBody Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia NERFINISHED
hasAltitudeRange from low Andean foothills to high Andean zones
hasBiome tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forest
hasClimate humid montane
hasConservationRole habitat conservation
protection of Andean forests
watershed protection
hasEcosystemType cloud forest
montane forest
páramo
hasLandCover primary forest
páramo grasslands
secondary forest
IUCNCategory II
knownFor cloud forests
endemic species
high biodiversity
locatedIn Andes
Santander Department NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion Andean region of Colombia
mountainRange Serranía de los Yariguíes NERFINISHED
namedAfter Yariguíes indigenous people NERFINISHED
partOf Colombian Andes biodiversity hotspot
primaryObjective biodiversity conservation
protection of water resources
protects headwaters of major rivers
threatenedBy agricultural expansion near its borders
deforestation in surrounding areas

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Cordillera Oriental containsNationalPark Serranía de los Yariguíes National Natural Park