Cordillera Oriental

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Cordillera Oriental is the easternmost of Colombia’s three main Andean mountain ranges, known for its high plateaus, rich biodiversity, and major population centers such as Bogotá.

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Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Andean mountain range ⓘ
mountain range ⓘ
biodiversity high ⓘ
climate varies from cold high-mountain to warm foothills ⓘ
containsCity Bogotá ⓘ
Bucaramanga ⓘ
Cúcuta ⓘ
Pasto ⓘ
Tunja ⓘ
Villavicencio (foothills region) ⓘ
containsEcosystem cloud forest ⓘ
montane forest ⓘ
páramo ⓘ
containsMountainRange Serranía de Perijá (Colombian sector) ⓘ
linked to: Sierra de Perijá

Serranía de los Yariguíes ⓘ
Sierra Nevada del Cocuy ⓘ
containsNationalPark Chingaza National Natural Park ⓘ
Cocuy National Natural Park ⓘ
Serranía de los Yariguíes National Natural Park ⓘ
Sumapaz National Natural Park ⓘ
containsPlateau Bogotá savanna ⓘ
Duitama–Sogamoso valley ⓘ
Ubaté–Chiquinquirá valley ⓘ
linked to: Ubaté Valley
containsSedimentaryBasin Eastern Cordillera Basin ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
drainsToRiver Amazon River basin (via eastern slopes) ⓘ
Magdalena River ⓘ
Orinoco River basin ⓘ
linked to: Orinoco Basin
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
cattle ranching ⓘ
coal mining ⓘ
oil and gas production (foothills) ⓘ
extendsIntoCountry Venezuela ⓘ
geologicalAge mainly Mesozoic–Cenozoic ⓘ
geologicalType fold-and-thrust belt ⓘ
hasPart Altiplano Cundiboyacense ⓘ
Eastern Colombian Andes high plateaus ⓘ
highestPeak Ritacuba Blanco ⓘ
highestPeakElevation about 5410 m ⓘ
indigenousPeoplesHistorically Guane ⓘ
Lache ⓘ
Muisca ⓘ
languageRegion predominantly Spanish-speaking ⓘ
locatedInRegion central and eastern Colombia ⓘ
notablePáramo Páramo de Chingaza ⓘ
Páramo de Santurbán ⓘ
Páramo de Sumapaz ⓘ
orogeny Andean orogeny ⓘ
partOf Andes ⓘ
populationCenters high ⓘ
positionInColombia easternmost Andean range ⓘ
separatesRegion Magdalena River valley from Llanos Orientales ⓘ

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

Andean Region of Colombia → hasPart → Cordillera Oriental ⓘ
Guatavita → locatedOn → eastern cordillera of the Andes ⓘ
linked to: Cordillera Oriental
Departamento de Cundinamarca → containsGeographicalFeature → Cordillera Oriental de los Andes ⓘ
linked to: Cordillera Oriental
Cotopaxi → partOf → Cordillera Oriental ⓘ
subject linked to: Cotopaxi (volcano)
Parque Nacional Natural Sumapaz → locatedIn → Cordillera Oriental ⓘ
Departamento de Boyacá → hasMountainRange → Cordillera Oriental ⓘ
Ubaté Valley → mountainRange → Cordillera Oriental (Colombian Andes) ⓘ
linked to: Cordillera Oriental
Cayambe → locatedIn → Cordillera Oriental ⓘ
El Altar → mountainRange → Cordillera Oriental ⓘ
Tungurahua → mountainRange → Cordillera Oriental ⓘ
Pasca → locatedInOrographicFeature → Cordillera Oriental ⓘ
Putumayo → containsMountainRange → Cordillera Oriental ⓘ
Lake Iguaque → mountainRange → Cordillera Oriental ⓘ
Colombian Andes → hasPart → Cordillera Oriental ⓘ
Sumapaz Massif → mountainRange → Cordillera Oriental ⓘ
U’wa → locatedIn → Cordillera Oriental ⓘ
Río Magdalena → sourceMountainRange → Cordillera Oriental ⓘ
Ritacuba Blanco → locatedIn → Cordillera Oriental ⓘ
Ritacuba Blanco Glacier → locatedIn → Cordillera Oriental ⓘ
Northeastern Colombia → hasPart → Cordillera Oriental ⓘ
subject linked to: northeastern Colombia
El Cocuy → locatedInMountainRange → Cordillera Oriental ⓘ
Pamplonita River → sourceLocation → Cordillera Oriental ⓘ
Lache → mountainRange → Cordillera Oriental ⓘ
Lache → indigenousTo → Cordillera Oriental ⓘ
Gachalá → isInMountainRange → Cordillera Oriental ⓘ
Guacheneque Páramo → mountainRange → Cordillera Oriental ⓘ