jueves, 9 de diciembre de 2010

Geography: Boyacá

Boyacá is located in the Andean Region in central Colombia, over the Cordillera Oriental mountain range and covers a total area of 23.189 km². Borders to the north with the departments of Santander and Norte de Santander, with which it holds a territorial dispute, to the east with the departments of Arauca and Casanare, to the south with the departments of Meta and Cundinamarca and to the west with the departments of Cundinamarca holding another territorial dispute and Antioquia.
The department of Boyaca covers a small portion of the Middle Magdalena valley of the Magdalena River to the west, the Cordillera Oriental mountain range with altitudes of 5,380 m above sea level (Sierra Nevada del Cocuy with 25 snow peaks), flat highland plateaux and another small portion of territory by the eastern Llanos plains. Among its most prominent geographical features are the Range of the Zorro, Serrania de las Quinchas and the Andean plateaus of Rusia, Guantiva, Pisba, Chontales and Rechiniga.
The tableland of Boyaca shared with the department of Cundinamarca is called the Cundiboyasense tableland (Spanish: Meseta Cundiboyasense), densely populated with numerous valleys in comparison with the Bogota Savanna which also lays over the Cundiboyasense tableland.
Many rivers spring from this area--the most important being the Chicamocha River and Arauca River and tributaries to other important rivers such as the Magdalena and Meta.
Boyacá also has numerous lakes which include Lake Tota, Lake Sochagota, Lake Fúquene which is shared with the department of Cundinamarca, the Chivor Reservoir and others.
Most of these areas are covered by El Cocuy and Pisba National Parks, the latter being shared with the department of Arauca. It also has the flora and fauna sanctuary Iguaque Sanctuary.

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