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Guáitara River
The Guáitara River ( es, Río Guáitara) is a river of Colombia. It is a tributary of the Patía River. Course The Guáitara River rises on the border of Ecuador and Colombia on the slopes of Chiles Volcano and initially flows east, eventually turning north to join the Patia. It is called the Carchi River in Ecuador. In its lower reaches the river is in the Patía Valley dry forests The Patía Valley dry forests (NT0225) is an ecoregion in southwestern Colombia. It covers a dry valley surrounded by mountains. The original habitat has mostly been destroyed by human activity, although a few pockets remain. Location The Patía V ... ecoregion. See also * List of rivers of Colombia References Rivers of Colombia {{Colombia-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Las Lajas Sanctuary
The National Shrine Basilica of Our Lady of Las Lajas ( es, Basílica Santuario Nacional de Nuestra Señora de las Lajas), commonly called Las Lajas Shrine (''Santuario de Las Lajas''), is a basilica church located in southern Colombia. The basilica is situated within the municipality of Ipiales, in the Nariño Department, and is built inside the canyon of the Guáitara River. The present church was built in a Gothic style between 1916 and 1949 (33 years). The name ''Laja'' (slab) comes from the name of a type of flat sedimentary rock similar to shale and slate. It is a popular pilgrimage site for Christians from both Colombia and neighboring Ecuador, due to a Marian apparition that is purported to have taken place here in the 18th century. History Overview The inspiration for the church's creation was a purported miraculous event in 1754, when Amerindian Maria Meneses de Quiñones and her deaf-mute daughter Rosa were caught in a very strong storm. The two sought refuge b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ipiales
Ipiales is a city and Catholic bishopric in Nariño Department, southern Colombia, near the border with Ecuador. It is located at around , with an elevation of about 2950 m. Ipiales is located on the high plateau called "Tuquerres e Ipiales," the city lies at a distance of 82 km from Pasto, the department's capital." Ipiales is known as "la ciudad de las nubes verdes" (the city of the green clouds) because sometimes, especially in the afternoon, greenish clouds appear over the city. One of the area's favorite foods is the guinea pig or cavy (''Cavia porcellus''), called ''kuy'' or ''kuwi''.Kichwa Yachakukkunapa Shimiyuk Kamu (Ministry of Education, Ecuador) The economy of this city is based on border trade between Ecuador and Colombia. Culture and religion The municipality's main attraction is the impressive architecture of the Las Lajas Cathedral, the episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ipiales. One of the biggest festivals is called the "Black and White Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patía River
The Patía River () is a river in southwestern Colombia. It flows over to drain into the Pacific Ocean north of Tumaco. The Patía River is the longest river on the Colombian Pacific Coast. The last is navigable by boat. Geography The Patía River begins in the Department of Cauca south of the city of Popayán near the town of Timbío. The source of the river begins in the gap between the West Andes and Central Andes very near the source of the Cauca River. The Patía river flows westward from the Central massif of Colombia, cuts through the Western Cordillera and drains into the Pacific Ocean. In its upper section it runs through cloud forests and montane forests. The central section of the river flows through the Patía Valley dry forests ecoregion. The lower section to the west of the Western Cordillera flows through the Chocó jungles of the Pacific region. The Patía is fed by the Quilcacé, Guachicono, Mayo, Juanambú, Pasto and Guaitara rivers. An 1853 watercol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east and northeast, Brazil to the southeast, Ecuador and Peru to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Panama to the northwest. Colombia is divided into 32 departments and the Capital District of Bogotá, the country's largest city. It covers an area of 1,141,748 square kilometers (440,831 sq mi), and has a population of 52 million. Colombia's cultural heritage—including language, religion, cuisine, and art—reflects its history as a Spanish colony, fusing cultural elements brought by immigration from Europe and the Middle East, with those brought by enslaved Africans, as well as with those of the various Amerindian civilizations that predate colonization. Spanish is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiles (volcano)
Chiles is a volcano on the border of Colombia and Ecuador. It lies south-east of the volcano Cerro Negro de Mayasquer, and the two peaks are considered part of the same Chiles-Cerro Negro volcanic complex. The volcanoes, together with the Cumbal are andesitic in rock type.Plancha 447-447bis, 2003 A 1936 eruption reported by the Colombian government agency Ingeominas may have been from the Ecuadorean volcano Reventador, otherwise the volcano has not erupted for around 160,000 years. Recent activity On 20 October 2014, the Servicio Geológico Colombiano (SGC) reported that a M 5.8 earthquake, the largest to date, occurred in the vicinity of the Cerro Negro de Mayasquer and Chiles volcanoes at a depth of less than 10 km. The event was felt to the north in Pasto, Colombia, and to the south in Quito, Ecuador. On 21 October 2014 SGC raised the alert level for the volcanic complex to orange (level 3 of 4) noting that a seismic swarm characterized by 4,300 earthquakes was dete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carchi River
The Carchi River is a river of Ecuador. It rises on the slopes of Chiles Volcano, elevation , on the border of Ecuador and Colombia. The river flows eastward across the high plateau of El Angel. The Carchi has a total course of about , forming the border between Colombia and Ecuador for about . It passes between the cities of Tulcan, Ecuador and Ipiales, Colombia and beneath the Rumichaca Bridge, the principal terrestrial link between Colombia and Ecuador. Entering Colombia, the Carchi becomes known as the Guáitara River which is a tributary of the Patía River. The Pasto people lived along the Carchi River in pre-Columbian times. At the northernmost point of the Inca Empire the Pasto were never fully conquered by the Incas. The Carchi was known as the Angasmayo River by the Incas and the early Spanish colonists. A natural stone bridge at Rumichaca was the northernmost outpost of the Inca Empire.Almeida Reyes, Dr. Eduardo (2015), "El Camino del Inca en las Sierra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patía Valley Dry Forests
The Patía Valley dry forests (NT0225) is an ecoregion in southwestern Colombia. It covers a dry valley surrounded by mountains. The original habitat has mostly been destroyed by human activity, although a few pockets remain. Location The Patía Valley is in southwestern Colombia along the Patía River and its tributaries, surrounded by ranges of the Andes. It has an area of . It is almost completely surrounded by the Northwestern Andean montane forests ecoregion. The western extension downstream along the Patía River merges into the Chocó–Darién moist forests ecoregion.. Physical The Patía river flows westward from the Central massif of Colombia, cuts through the Western Cordillera and drains into the Pacific Ocean. In its upper section it runs through cloud forests and montane forests. The central section of the river forms the Patía dry valley. The lower section to the west of the Western Cordillera flows through the Chocó jungles of the Pacific region. The Patía is f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rivers Of Colombia
Atlantic Ocean Amazon River Basin * Amazon River ** Guainía River or Negro River *** Vaupés River or Uaupés River **** Papuri River **** Querary River *** Isana River or Içana River **** Cuiari River *** Aquio River ** Caquetá River or Japurá River *** Purui River *** Apaporís River **** Traíra River **** Tunia River **** Ajajú River *** Miritiparaná River *** Cahuinari River *** Yarí River *** Caguán River **** Guayas River *** Mecaya River *** Orteguaza River ** Putumayo River or Içá River *** Cotuhé River *** Igara Paraná River *** Cara Paraná River *** San Miguel River *** Guamués River Orinoco River Basin * Orinoco River ** ''Apure River'' (Venezuela) *** Sarare River ** Arauca River ** Capanaparo River ** Cinaruco River ** Meta River *** Vita River *** Casanare River **** Ariporo River **** Cravo Norte River *** Guachiría River *** Pauto River *** Cravo Sur River *** Cusiana River *** Manacacías River *** Metica River **** Guayu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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