Amazonía region in southern Colombia comprises the departments of Amazonas , Caquetá , Guainía , Guaviare , Putumayo and Vaupés , and covers an area of 483,000 km, 35% of Colombia's total territory. The region is mostly covered by tropical rainforest , or jungle, which is a part of the greater Amazon rainforest .
3-685: The region is bounded by the East Andes along the western edge and extends to the Venezuelan and Brazilian borders in the east. The northern limit begins with the Guaviare and Vichada Rivers and extends south to the Putumayo and Amazon Rivers. The Amazon region is divided up into distinct subregions: Other important rivers include the Vaupés, Apaporis and Yarí. The tropical rainforest, classified more specifically as
6-692: A tropical moist broadleaf forest . Within the Colombian Amazon region, there are five moist forest ecoregions : [REDACTED] Category Cordillera Oriental (Colombia) The Cordillera Oriental (English: Eastern Ranges ) is the widest of the three branches of the Colombian Andes . The range extends from south to north, dividing from the Colombian Massif in Huila Department to Norte de Santander Department where it splits into
9-882: The Serranía del Perijá and the Cordillera de Mérida in Venezuelan Andes . The highest peak is Ritacuba Blanco at 5,410 m (17,750 ft) in the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy . The western part of the Cordillera Oriental belongs to the Magdalena River basin, while the eastern part includes the river basins of the Amazon River , Orinoco River , and Catatumbo River . Within it, the Altiplano Cundiboyacense and
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