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Colombia The Cordillera Central (English: Central Ranges ) is the highest of the three branches of the Colombian Andes . The range extends from south to north dividing from the Colombian Massif in Cauca Department to the Serranía de San Lucas in Bolivar Departments .
The Cordillera Occidental and the Cordillera Central form the western and eastern sides of a massive crystalline arch, which extends from the Caribbean lowlands to the southern border of Ecuador. [1] The Cordillera Oriental, however, is composed of folded stratified rocks overlying a crystalline core. [1]
Los Nevados National Natural Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Natural Los Nevados) is a national park located in the Cordillera Central of the Colombian Andes.The park features Colombia's highest and northernmost active volcanoes including the glacier-capped Nevado del Ruiz, Nevado del Tolima, and Nevado de Santa Isabel, and the glacier-free superpáramo peaks (paramillos) of Cisne, Santa Rosa ...
The Republic of Colombia is situated largely in the north-west of South America, with some territories falling within the boundaries of Central America.It is bordered to the north-west by Panama; to the east by Brazil and Venezuela; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; [1] and it shares maritime limits with Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti.
La Línea (English: The Line) is a highway tunnel between the cities of Calarcá, Quindío and Cajamarca, Tolima in Colombia.It crosses beneath the locally famous "Alto de La Línea" in the Cordillera Central or central range of the Andes mountains, easing traffic on one of Colombia's main east-west road connections (the National Route 40) which links Bogotá with Cali and the Pacific port of ...
The Cocora Valley (Spanish: Valle de Cocora) is a valley in the Quindío Department of Colombia. It is located in the Central Cordillera of the Andean mountains. "Cocora" was the name of a Quimbayan princess, daughter of the local chief Acaime, and means "star of water" (Spanish: estrella de agua).
There are several Cordillera Central mountain ranges in the Andes Mountains of South America: Cordillera Blanca or Cordillera Central in the Ancash Region; Cordillera Central, Bolivia; Cordillera Central, Colombia; Cordillera Central, Ecuador; Cordillera Central, Peru in the Junín Region and in the Lima Region
In Colombia and Venezuela, cordilleras are named according to their position: Cordillera Occidental, Central, and Oriental. Various local names are used for the cordilleras in Ecuador , Peru , Bolivia , Chile and Argentina .