COMPARING PLACES

Presentado por: Lili Seneth Hernandez Avila

Rivers of Colombia

Magdalena
Arauca
Atrato
Sogamoso
San Jorge
Sin
Lebrija
Saldaa
Cesar

Patia
San juan
Micay
Baudo
Mida

Amazonas
Guania
Vaupes
Caqueta
Putumayo

Arauca
Guaviare
Inirida
Meta
Vichada
Orinoco
Ariari

Main Rivers Of Colombia

Main Rivers Of Colombia

The main Colombian rivers are grouped into four areas:
Caribbean slope: it owns the Magdalena, Cauca, Atrato and Sinu rivers.
Pacific Rim: where Baudo, San Juan, Patia and Mira rivers arrive.
Orinico shed: it lead the Arauca, Meta, Vichada, Guaviare and Inrida rivers.
Amazon watershed: it drain into the rivers Caqueta, Putumayo, Vaupes and Guainia or Black.

Colombia Characteristics
Colombia is the northernmost of the Andean countries with coasts on the Pacific and Atlantic
oceans. The geographical area is made up of continental land located at the northwest tip of
South America, is the fourth country in the continent, with an area of 1,141,748 km2, including
land island in the Atlantic Ocean (San Andres and Providencia) and ocean Pacific (Malpelo
and Gorgona).
Colombia has several orographic formations among which are:
Sisitema central mountain: represented by three mountain ranges (Western, Central and
Eastern), which belong to the South American Andean system, give the Western and Central
Cordilleras; further north, in the Colombian Massif, the Eastern Cordillera follows.
independent mountainous system are those that are not linked to the system of the Andes and
form a peripheral relief, such as the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, the Sierra de la Macarena
and the mountains of Darien and Baudo.
valleys: the lower parts are found between the Andean ranges and are traversed by a river, like
the Magdalena, Cauca. The patia, among others.

weather Colombia

Colombia is in the tropics or low latitudes. Therefore, it is up a climate of high temperature without the presence of
thermal stations. However, the relief modifies this circumstance: the presence of the Andes mountain climate causes a
different thermal floors.
According to latitude, temperature and rainfall distribution, Colombia has a rainy tropical climate with four varieties:
Climate superhumid jungle with abundant rainfall, little variation of temperature and jungle vegetation exuberente. It is
the climate of the Amazon, Pacific Coast and Magdalena and Catatumbo basins.
Rainy humid climate: it has lower rainfall, high temperatures and a variation of forest vegetation less dense. It is the
caracteriztico climate of Caqueta, Vaupes, part of Antioquia and Cordoba.
Savannah climate: characterized by a dry and a rainy season, with pasture vegetation. It is characteristic of Orinoco,
Bolivar, Norte de Huila and center of Valle del Cauca.
desert climate: high temperatures and low rainfall, with little vegetation, is presented in the guajira and the desert of
the Candlemas in Boyaca.