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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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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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