Colombia's Geography Colombia is currently in the northwest corner of South America. Colombia has coasts on both the Caribbean and Pacific. Colombia has a continental area of 1.141.748 km2 and 928.660 km2. Colombia is a equatorial country whose climate is determined by trade winds, humidity and altitude. It shares ... nighttime hours. It's located between latitudes 4° south and 12° north. Colombia has two rainy season's and two dry seasons. The rugged terrain, cut by large rivers that flow into the Caribbean, the Pacific, the Amazon and the Orinoco, make it easier for the construction of e...

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... Although the country isn't much smaller than the state of New York, the total mass is 129,494 square kilometers. Nicaragua borders both the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean. Tropical climate is in the lowlands with cooler climate in the highlands. This interesting country is divided into three different regions ... called the Pacific, Central highlands, and Caribbean region. The Pacific region is a low area from Honduras to Costa Rica located on the West side of the country. Large farms, several ... this area. The Central Highlands are located in the middle of the country making this are...

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... Panama and Venezuela, and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Ecuador and Panama. Colombia is the only South American country with coastlines on both North Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea. Colombia was formed by the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830. The collapse also formed Ecuador and Venezuela. Its terrain consists of flat coastal lowlands, central highlands, high Andes Mountains, ... ...

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... 990,547, is also known as Cuna de Proceres, Cradle of Important People. Barranquilla is located on the north Carribean coast of Colombia on the Magdalena River, 8 miles from the Caribbean Sea. Barranquilla is a beautiful city with a relaxing tropical atmosphere, with miles of beautiful beaches, water sports, diving, and snorkeling. Barranquilla is the capital of the Atlantico providence. Founded in 1629, Barranquilla ... town until the mid-nineteenth century, when steamboats began navigating the river and railroads connected it with other cities in the region. It is the country's larges...

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... , El Cisne, Santa Isabel, El Quindío, and El Tolima (figure 2). Nevado del Ruiz is the highest and most extensive stratovolcano in this massif. It rises more than 5,300 m above mean sea level, and supports an ice cap that had an area of 21.3 km2, measured on a 1976 Landsat image. The snowline is at an altitude of 4,900 m on its west flank ... . The northern Andes is one of the three major volcanic provinces of the Andean orogenic belt. The volcanic northern Andes is part of a regional complex within which The Nazca, Cocos, Caribbean and Southamerican plates are in close dynamical inter...

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