Pacific Región

José Estiven Vallejo G

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Guianza Turística
 PACIFIC REGION
The Pacific Coast Region of Colombia is part of the biogeographic Choco. It is
located in the west of the country and is divided into two large areas marked
by Cabo Corrientes. It limits to the north with the border with Panama, to the
south with the border with Ecuador, to the east with the Western Cordillera of
the Colombian Andes and to the west with the Pacific Ocean from which it
derives its name.

It is a region with an immense ecological, hydrographic, mining and forest

wealth in which several natural national parks are found. It is also considered
one of the regions with the greatest biodiversity and rainfall on the planet with
rainfall of the order of 4,000 mm / year according to the Ministry of Mines and
Energy of Colombia. There the rain forest develops, where abundant timber
species and extensive mangroves abound.
 FLORA AND FAUNA
Tropical forests are the most abundant in the Pacific region,
the majority of flora fauna in this region are humid tropical
forests.
In the Pacific region there are many animal biodiversity,
adapted to the climate of tropical forests.
*Tropical forests:
Humid tropical forests are found near the equator where
temperature and light levels remain more or less constant
throughout the year, where annual precipitation exceeds the
amount of water lost through evaporation and transpiration;
they generally exceed 2000mm per year.
 Soil
It is usually not very fertile, latosolica earth, of a reddish color
by the iron oxides.

Vegetation : The light that penetrates to the ground may be 2

to 4% of that radiated by the upper layers.
Most trees are too tall to receive sunlight, the plants cling and
overlap each other to reach the light, on the other hand the
forest floor is dark and wet.
 Fauna
In tropical forests there is a lot of diversity of animals.
In the highest trees there is a great variety of birds are:

In the tops of the trees a great variety of fauna inhabit among them are:
The lowest trees are:
On the ground are: