Magdalena Valley montane forests
| Magdalena Valley montane forests (NT0136) | |
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Center of Bogotá from the Simón Bolívar park
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| Ecology | |
| Realm | Neotropical |
| Biome | Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests |
| Geography | |
| Area | 105,153 km2 (40,600 sq mi) |
| Countries | Colombia |
| Coordinates | 5°31′01″N 74°06′29″W / 5.517°N 74.108°WCoordinates: 5°31′01″N 74°06′29″W / 5.517°N 74.108°W |
| Geology | Central Ranges, Eastern Cordillera Basin |
| Rivers | Bogotá, Carare, Chicamocha, Sumapaz |
| Climate type | Af: equatorial; fully humid Cfb: subtropical highland climate |
The Magdalena Valley montane forests (NT0136) is an ecoregion in the Andes mountains of central Colombia.
The ecoregion covers the higher land on both sides of the valley of the Magdalena River in the Colombian Andes. The river flows north between the Eastern Ranges to the east and the Central Ranges to the west, down to the Caribbean lowlands. It has an area of about 10,515,351 hectares (25,984,000 acres).
The ecoregion encloses the Magdalena Valley dry forests ecoregion which in turn contains the upper Magdalena River, and the Magdalena-Urabá moist forests ecoregion which contains the lower Magdalena River and extends across the lowlands north of the Magdalena Valley montane forests ecoregion. Sections of Northern Andean páramo cover the highest land beside and within the ecoregion. To the west, the ecoregion merges into the Cauca Valley montane forests on the other side of the Cordillera Central, and to the east it merges into the Cordillera Oriental montane forests. In the far south the ecoregion transitions into the Eastern Cordillera Real montane forests.
The rocks of the Eastern Ranges are sedimentary in origin, while the central range is highly volcanic and metamorphic. Soils are very diverse, giving rise to diverse flora. The 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) Serranía de San Lucas rises in the center of the Magdalena Medio. The Magdalena River drains north to the Caribbean. From south to north the main tributaries are the Suaza, Saldaña, Sumapaz, Chicamocha, Carare, Cauca and its tributary the Nechí.
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