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Andean Region, Colombia
The Andean region, located in central Colombia, is the most populated natural region of Colombia. With many mountains, the Andes contain most of the country's urban centers. MEMO: Natural Regions of Colombia Memo.com.co Accessed 22 August 2007. They were also the location of the most significant indigenous settlements. Beyond the Colombian Massif in the south-western departments of Cauca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neotropical Realm
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropics, tropical Ecoregion#Terrestrial, terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate climate, temperate zone. Definition In biogeography, the Neotropic or Neotropical realm is one of the eight terrestrial realms. This realm includes South America, Central America, the Caribbean Islands, and southern North America. In Mexico, the Yucatán Peninsula and southern lowlands, and most of the east and west coastlines, including the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula are Neotropical. In the United States southern Florida and coastal Central Florida are considered Neotropical. The realm also includes temperate southern South America. In contrast, the Neotropical Phytochorion, Floristic Kingdom excludes southernmost South America, which instead is placed in the Antarctic Floristic Kingdom, Antarctic kingdom. The Neo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogotá
Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish Imperial period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city, capital and largest city of Colombia, and one of the List of largest cities, largest cities in the world. The city is administered as the Capital District, as well as the capital of, though not politically part of, the surrounding department of Cundinamarca Department, Cundinamarca. Bogotá is a territorial entity of the first order, with the same administrative status as the departments of Colombia. It is the main political, economic, administrative, industrial, cultural, aeronautical, technological, scientific, medical and educational center of the country and northern South America. Bogotá was founded as the capital of the New Kingdom of Granada on 6 August 1538 by Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada after a harsh Spanish conquest of the Muisca, e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paramillo Massif
The Paramillo Massif (''Nudo de Paramillo'') is a mountain range of the Tropical Andes System, located at the northern end of the Cordillera Occidental (Colombia), Cordillera Occidental (West Andes) range in Colombia. Geography Administratively, the Paramillo Massif is located in the municipalities of Ituango and Peque, Colombia, Peque in Antioquia Department; and Puerto Libertador and Tierralta in Córdoba Department. The municipalities that surround this massif are Chigorodó, Mutatá, Tarazá, Cáceres, Antioquia, Cáceres and Caucasia, Antioquia, Caucasia in Antioquia. This massif is intervisible with several peaks in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Sierra Nevada, e.g. Pico Simón Bolívar 5,700 m (18,700 ft) in the north of Colombia. This implies a theoretical direct line of sight of just over 500 km (310 mi), reported to be the longest between any two points on the surface of the Earth. Subranges This mountainous region gives rise to three smaller ranges that spread nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farallones De Cali
Farallones de Cali is a cluster of mountains in the West Andes of Colombia. It is located west of the city of Cali and gives rise to many of the rivers that provide water and electricity to Cali. The PNN Farallones de Cali encompasses in the mountains as well as much of the Pacific slope and is an area of very high biodiversity. The average temperature ranges from in the tropical foothills to in the páramo. In this territory are located the district of Pichinde, Andes and Leonera, and two villages Penas Blancas and Lomas de la Cajita. Climate and topography Average yearly rainfall is in the Pacific region and in the mountainous sector. Plants growing in the area have sufficient water throughout the year. The topography of the park is characterized by the high, craggy peaks, the highest being . These peaks are referred to as ''Los Farallones'' (which means ''cliffs''), the namesake of the mountains and national park. The foothills on the eastern side meet the Cauca Val ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munchique
The Munchique National Natural Park () is a national park located in the Cauca Department in the Cordillera Occidental range in the Andean Region of Colombia. There are 30 streams and rivers, and 40 waterfalls in the area. The diversity of thermal levels makes the park a paradise for birds, especially hummingbirds. General It is located in El Tambo, on the western slopes of the Cordillera Occidental, 61 km from the city of Popayán. It shares borders with the municipalities of Lopez, and Morales Cajibio. It was declared a national park in May 1977 and covers and area of . The park takes its name from the Munchique Mountain, located in the southeast part of the area. Many of the rivers in the area are tributaries to the San Juan de Micay River, one of the largest rivers in the Colombian Pacific Basin, that eventually reaches the Pacific Ocean. It is currently in danger due to illegal crops and other ecological threats. Climate There are several climate levels in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magdalena River Valley
The Magdalena River (, ; less commonly ) is the main river of Colombia, flowing northward about through the western half of the country. It takes its name from the biblical figure Mary Magdalene. It is navigable through much of its lower reaches, in spite of the shifting sand bars at the mouth of its river delta, delta, as far as Honda, Tolima, Honda, at the downstream base of its rapids. It flows through the Magdalena River Valley. Its drainage basin covers a surface of , which is 24% of the country's area and where 66% of its population lives. Course The Magdalena River is the largest river system of the northern Andes, with a length of 1,612 km. Its headwaters are in the south of Colombia, where the Andes, Andean subranges Cordillera Central (Colombia), Cordillera Central and Cordillera Oriental, Colombia, Cordillera Oriental separate, in Huila Department. The river runs east then north in a great valley between the two cordilleras. It reaches the coastal plain at about 9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nudo De Los Pastos
Nudo or NUDO may refer to: People * Gene Nudo (born 1958), American American football coach * Vince Nudo, Canadian musician * , Italian actor Places * Col Nudo, Italy * Monte Nudo, Italy * * Nudo, Nikšić, Montenegro * Nudo de los Pastos, Ecuador Other * El nudo, Spanish series * National Unity Democratic Organisation The National Unity Democratic Organisation (NUDO) is a political party in Namibia. It has been represented in the National Assembly of Namibia and in the National Council of Namibia since it split from the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (now PDM ... * Nudo Bombers * Po Nudo, Star Wars character {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tierra Helada
Tierra Helada (Spanish for "frozen land"), also known as Tierra Nevada (Spanish for "snowy land"), is a term used in Latin America to refer to the highest places found within the Andes mountains. The ''Tierra Helada'' comprises the montane grasslands and shrublands, sunis, punas and páramos between the tree line and the snow line. The term ''tierra helada'' is accurate from a climatological standpoint, as its land is indeed "frozen", situated above the snow line. In the northern Andes, the latter is located at an altitude of approximately 15,000 ft (or about 4,500 m).Zech, W. and Hintermaier-Erhard, G. (2002); Böden der Welt – Ein Bildatlas, Heidelberg, p. 98. The Peruvian geographer Javier Pulgar Vidal ( Altitudinal zonation) used following altitudes: * as the border between the tropical rainforest and the subtropical cloud forest * m as the end of the subtropical cloud forest ('' Yunga fluvial'') * m as the tree line * m as the puna endPulgar Vidal, Javier: Geografía ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Páramo
Páramo () may refer to a variety of alpine tundra ecosystems located in the Andes Mountain Range, South America. Some ecologists describe the páramo broadly as "all high, tropical, montane vegetation above the continuous timberline". A narrower term classifies the páramo according to its regional placement in the northern Andes of South America and adjacent southern Central America. The páramo is the ecosystem of the regions above the continuous forest line, yet below the permanent snowline. It is a "Neotropical high mountain biome with a vegetation composed mainly of giant rosette plants, shrubs and grasses". According to scientists, páramos may be "evolution, evolutionary hot spots", meaning that they are among the fastest evolving regions on Earth. Location The Northern Andean Páramo global ecoregion includes the Cordillera Central páramo (Ecuador, Peru), Santa Marta páramo (Colombia), Cordillera de Merida páramo (Venezuela) and Northern Andean páramo (Colombia, Ec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zona Forestada
The red-tailed silverside, or zona (''Bedotia geayi'') is a species of Madagascar rainbowfish endemic to the Mananjary River drainage in Madagascar. It is threatened by habitat loss and introduced species. It has often been confused with the related '' B. madagascariensis'', which is common in the aquarium trade.SeriouslyFish: Bedotia madagascarensis.' Retrieved 3 July 2014.Loiselle, P.V.; and Rodriguez, D. (2007). ''A new species of Bedotia (Teleostei: Atherinomorpha: Bedotiidae) from the Rianila drainage of Eastern Madagascar, with redescriptions of Bedotia madagascariensis and Bedotia geayi.'' Zootaxa 1520: 1-18. In addition to meristics, the two can be separated by the exact colour pattern on their tail fin (males of both typically have red in the tail) and the distinct red spot on the lower jaw of breeding male ''B. geayi'' (lacking in ''B. madagascariensis''). ''B. geayi'' was described in 1907 by Jacques Pellegrin from a type collected by the pharmacist and natural history ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tierra Fría
In Latin America, tierra fría ( Spanish for ''cold land'') are mountain locations where high elevation results in a markedly cooler climate than that encountered in the lowlands at a comparable latitude. The combination of low latitude and high altitude — typically between approximately 2,000 m (about 6,500 ft) and 3,500 m (about 11,500 ft)Zech, W. and Hintermaier-Erhard, G. (2002); Böden der Welt – Ein Bildatlas, Heidelberg, p. 98. in locations within 10° of the equator — produces a climate that falls into the same category as many oceanic climates found along the west coasts of the continents within the temperate zones — mild temperatures all year round, with monthly averages ranging from about 10°C (50°F) in the coldest months to about 18°C (64.4°F) in the warmest months (at places further poleward the range of altitudes where this climate exists becomes progressively lower). Common crops grown in the tierra fría are potatoes, wheat, barley, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tierra Templada
Tierra templada (Spanish for ''temperate land'') is a pseudo-climatological term used in Latin America to refer to places which are either located in the tropics at a moderately high elevation or are marginally outside the astronomical tropics, producing a somewhat cooler overall climate than that found in the tropical lowlands, the zone of which is known as the tierra caliente. In countries situated close to the equator, the ''tierra templada'' typically has an elevation span of between . These thresholds become lower as the latitude increases. The Peruvian geographer Javier Pulgar Vidal used following altitudes: *1,000 m as the border between the tropical rainforest and the subtropical cloud forest *2,300 m as the end of the subtropical cloud forest ('' Yunga fluvial'') *3,500 m as the treeline *4,800 m as the puna end ''Tierra templada'' has mean average temperature between . Coffee is grown extensively as a cash crop, with grains such as wheat and corn being cultivated for sub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
