The Cordillera Oriental montane forests is an ecoregion in Venezuela and Colombia along the east slopes of the eastern cordillera of the Andes. The extensive region of submontane and montane forests i
River in the Serranía del Perijá in the north of the ecoregion
The Cordillera Oriental. The ecoregion covers the eastern slopes. In the north the Serranía del Perijá has a NNE–SSW axis. The isolated Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta is to the west. Further south the Cordillera Oriental has a NNW–SSE axis. South of that the axis is again NNE–SSW.
Andean condor (Vultur gryphus)
Sierra de Perijá National Park
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
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The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta is an isolated mountain range in northern Colombia, separate from the Andes range that runs through the north of the country. Reaching an elevation of 5,700 m just 42
Cordillera Oriental montane forests
…foothills. There are three main sub-regions: the Serranía del Perijá in the north, somewhat isolated from the Cordillera Oriental and closer to the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, the northeastern slope of the Cordillera Oriental and the southeastern slope of the Cordillera Oriental. The southeastern slope extends southward from…
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Sierra Nevada viewed from Valledupar