Parque Nacional Natural Sumapaz

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Parque Nacional Natural Sumapaz is a Colombian national park renowned for protecting one of the world’s largest páramo ecosystems, a high-altitude Andean moorland crucial for regional water regulation and biodiversity.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Parque Nacional Natural Sumapaz canonical 2
Páramo de Sumapaz 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf national park ⓘ
protected area ⓘ
páramo ecosystem ⓘ
biome páramo ⓘ
climate cold ⓘ
humid ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
ecosystemType high‑altitude Andean moorland ⓘ
páramo ⓘ
elevationRange approximately 3,200–4,300 metres above sea level ⓘ
etymology name "Sumapaz" is traditionally associated with the idea of "great peace" or "absolute peace" ⓘ
fauna Andean bear ⓘ
Andean condor ⓘ
tapir ⓘ
various endemic amphibians ⓘ
white‑tailed deer ⓘ
highestPoint approximately 4,300 metres above sea level ⓘ
hydrologicalImportance headwaters of rivers supplying Bogotá and surrounding regions ⓘ
IUCNCategory II ⓘ
knownFor being one of the world’s largest páramo ecosystems ⓘ
high biodiversity ⓘ
water regulation for central Colombia ⓘ
languageOfToponym Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Andes ⓘ
Cordillera Oriental ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Bogotá ⓘ
Cundinamarca Department ⓘ
linked to: Cundinamarca region

Huila Department ⓘ
Meta Department ⓘ
managingOrganization Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia ⓘ
nearbyCity Bogotá ⓘ
partOf Sistema de Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia ⓘ
primaryFunction biodiversity conservation ⓘ
protection of water sources ⓘ
protectedFor conservation of high‑Andean páramo habitats ⓘ
protection of endemic and threatened species ⓘ
regulation of regional hydrological cycles ⓘ
region central Colombia ⓘ
threat agricultural expansion ⓘ
burning of páramo vegetation ⓘ
climate change ⓘ
livestock grazing ⓘ
tourismActivity birdwatching ⓘ
ecotourism ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
vegetation frailejones (Espeletia spp.) ⓘ
high‑Andean shrubs ⓘ
páramo grasses ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Departamento de Cundinamarca → containsProtectedArea → Parque Nacional Natural Sumapaz ⓘ
Cordillera Oriental → notablePáramo → Páramo de Sumapaz ⓘ
linked to: Parque Nacional Natural Sumapaz