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fiogf49gjkf0d COLOMBIA IS A COUNTRY LOCATED IN THE NORTHWESTERN SOUTH AMERICAN REGION AND COVERS AN AREA OF 1,141,748 SQ.KM. IT IS BORDERED TO THE EAST BY VENEZUELA AND BRAZIL, TO THE SOUTHWEST BY PERU AND ECUADOR, TO THE NORTHWEST BY PANAMA AND THE CARIBBEAN AND FINALLY TO THE WEST BY THE PACIFIC OCEAN. COLOMBIA'S GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES ARE DOMINATED BY THE GREAT ANDEAN HIGHLANDS. THESE HIGHLANDS SEPARATE THE EASTERN LOWLAND AREAS, SUCH AS THE LLANOS AND THE AMAZONIA FROM THE PACIFIC COASTAL LOWLANDS TOWARDS THE WEST. THE COLOMBIAN ANDES ARE MADE UP OF FOUR CHAINS: THE CORDILLERAS, THE NUDO DE LOS PASTOS AT THE ECUADORIAN BORDER TO THE CARIBBEAN SEA, TO THE SOUTH A WESTERN CORDILLERA OCCIDENTAL AND A CENTRAL CORDILLERA DIVIDED BY A RIFT VALLEY. THESE CORDILLERA'S SURROUND THE IMPORTANT CAUCA RIVER. COLOMBIA'S HIGHEST MOUNTAIN PEAK IS THE COLON AND REACHES 5,800M. THE MAGDALENA BASIN ACCOUNTS FOR THE FLOW FROM THE CARIBBEAN WATERSHED AND IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT IN COLOMBIA.
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