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AREA/PROJECT: SOCIAL STUDIES/HISTORY AND

TERM: 3
GEOGRAPHY
ACTIVITY: READING ABOUT COLOMBIA’S REGIONS.

STUDENT
GRADE
DATE

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Identify 3 geographical features of one region: the Caribbean, Pacific, or Andean.

Region:
The Andes region, center of Colombia, is the most populated region of Colombia. With many
mountains contains the majority of the country's urban centers. They were also the location
of the most significant pre-Columbian indigenous settlements. Beyond the Colombian
Massif in the south-western states of Cauca and Nariño, the Colombian Andes divide into
three branches known as "cordilleras" (from the Spanish for mountain range): the West
Andes run adjacent to the Pacific coast and is home to the city of Cali. The Central Andes run
up the center of the country between the Cauca and Magdalena river valleys (to the west
and east respectively) and includes the cities of Medellín, Manizales and Pereira. The East
Andes extend northeast towards the Guajira Peninsula, and includes the cities
of Bogotá, Bucaramanga and Cúcuta.
The climate and vegetation of the region vary considerably according to altitude, but as a
general rule the land can be divided into the tierra caliente (hot land) of river valleys and
basins below 1,000 m; the more temperate conditions of the tierra templada (temperate
land, approximately 1,000 m to 2,000 m) and tierra fría (cold land, 2,000 m to 3,200 m),
which include the most productive land and the majority of the population; and the alpine
conditions of the zona forestada (forested zone, 3,200 m to 3,900 m), páramos (3,900 m to
4,600 m) and tierra helada (frozen land, 4,600 m and above).