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Colombia: Natural Landscape

1 year ago By The Editor

Colombia is considered a land of extremes. Located in northwestern South America, its geographic landscape varies from the snow-covered Andes mountains to the tropical beaches of the Caribbean Sea. Due to its variety of ecosystems, Colombia is among the top countries in terms of biodiversity.

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Amazon Rainforest, River, and Basin (South America)

The Editor Mon, 04/08/2019 - 21:23

The Amazon Rainforest is a biogeographical region in northern South America that occupies the Amazon Basin, a drainage basin of the Amazon River and its tributaries in northern South America. Sometimes called Amazônia, nine countries have some parts of the Amazon region within their borders.

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Llanos: Grassland Plains (South America)

4 years ago By The Editor

The Llanos (Los Llanos) is a vast tropical grassland plain situated east of the Andes Mountains in northwestern South America, within Colombia and Venezuela. It is an ecoregion of the flooded grasslands and savannas terrestrial biome.

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Páramo: Andean Moorland (South America)

1 year ago By The Editor

Páramo is a neotropical high mountain biome. Also referred to as Andean Moorland, this grassland ecosystem is found mainly in the northwest corner of South America: in the upper Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

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Sumapaz Páramo: Sumapaz National Natural Park (Colombia)

1 year ago By The Editor

Sumapaz Páramo is considered the most extensive moorland in the world. The Sumapaz National Natural Park protects this high mountain grassland ecosystem in the Altiplano Cundibohyacense mountain range within the Colombian Andes.

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Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena Hotspot (Panama, South America)

1 year ago By The Editor

The Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena hotspot includes the tropical forests of the Pacific coast of northwestern South America and the Galápagos Islands. Stretching from southern Panama to northern Peru, this biodiversity hotspot consists of many endemic species and habitats.

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