PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF COLOMBIA

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PHYSICALGEOGRAPHY OF COLOMBIA

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LIMITS AND TERRITORIAL ORGANIZATION

The Republic of Colombia is situated largely in the northwest of South America.

Some territories falling within the boundaries of Central America.

DATES OF OUR TERRITORY

Colombia, country of northwestern South America. Its 1,000 miles (1,600 km) of coast to the north are bathed by the waters of the Caribbean Sea, and its 800 miles (1,300 km) of coast to the west are washed by the Pacific Ocean.

LIMITS AND TERRITORIAL ORGANIZATION

It is bordered to the northwest by Panama; to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru. In the North by Caribbean Sea.

RELIEF

Few countries boast such striking physical variety as does Colombia. Its broken, rugged topography, together with its location near the Equator, creates an extraordinary diversity of climates, vegetation, soils, and crops. The Andean cordillera, one of the world’s great mountain ranges, dominates the landscape of the western part of the country, where most of the people live.

The mountain Region

The Andes mountain range extends from the north to the south of Colombia and occupies the west and center of Colombia. It is composed of 3 mountain ranges which are: - The Eastern Cordillera, -The Central Cordillera, -The Western Cordillera.

MARITIM LIMITS

It shares maritime limits with: Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti.

CURIOUS DATES

Elevation highest point: Pico Cristobal Colon 5,730 m Lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m Mean elevation: 593 m

DEPARTMENTS OF COLOMBIA

DEPARTMENTS AND MUNICIPALITIES

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