Cordillera Oriental (Colombia)















































Cordillera Oriental (Eastern Ranges)

Cordillera Orientale de Colombia.jpg
Highest point
Peak
Ritacuba Blanco[1]
Elevation
5,410 m (17,750 ft)
Listing
Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Serranía de los Yariguíes, Serranía de las Quinchas, Sierra Nevada del Cocuy, Serranía del Perijá
Dimensions
Length
1,200 km (750 mi) SW-NE
Area
144,252 km2 (55,696 sq mi)
Geography
Country
Colombia
Parent range
Andes
Geology
Age of rock
Neoproterozoic-Holocene
Mountain type
Andean Subduction-related orogen

The Cordillera Oriental (English: Eastern Ranges) is the widest of the three branches of the Colombian Andes. The range extends from south to north dividing from the Colombian Massif in Huila Department to Norte de Santander Department where it splits into the Serranía del Perijá and the Cordillera de Mérida in Venezuelan Andes. The highest peak is Ritacuba Blanco at 5,410 m (17,750 ft) in the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy.




Contents






  • 1 Geography


  • 2 Protected areas


  • 3 Regional geology


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References





Geography


The western part of the Cordillera Oriental belongs to the Magdalena River basin, while the eastern part includes the river basins of the Amazon River, Orinoco River, and Catatumbo River. Within it, the Altiplano Cundiboyacense and the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy (with the only snowy peaks in this mountain range) stand out. The mountain range contains the most páramos in the world, of which Ocetá is widely considered the most beautiful.



Protected areas



  • Cueva de los Guácharos

  • Chingaza National Natural Park

  • Yariguíes National Park

  • Sierra Nevada del Cocuy

  • Sumapaz Páramo

  • Tamá National Natural Park

  • Los Estoraques Unique Natural Area

  • Lake Iguaque

  • Guanentá Alto Río Fonce Flora and Fauna Sanctuary

  • Catatumbo Barí National Natural Park

  • Los Picachos National Natural Park

  • Pisba National Natural Park



Regional geology















































































































































Cretaceous stratigraphy of the central Colombian Eastern Ranges
Age Paleomap VMM Guaduas-Vélez W Emerald Belt Villeta anticlinal Chiquinquirá-
Arcabuco		 Tunja-
Duitama		 Altiplano Cundiboyacense
El Cocuy
Maastrichtian Blakey 065Ma - COL.jpg Umir Fm. Córdoba Fm. Seca Fm. eroded Guadalupe Gp.
Colón-Mito Juan Fm.

Umir Fm.
Campanian
Córdoba Fm.

Oliní Gp.
Santonian La Luna Fm.
Cimarrona Fm. - La Tabla Fm.
La Luna Fm.
Coniacian Oliní Gp.
Villeta Gp
 Conejo Fm.
Chipaque Fm.
Güagüaquí Gp
 Loma Gorda Fm. undefined
La Frontera Fm.
Turonian Blakey 090Ma - COL.jpg Hondita Fm. La Frontera Fm.
Otanche Fm.
Cenomanian Simití Fm. hiatus La Corona Gb. Simijaca Fm.
Capacho Fm.
Pacho Fm.
Hiló Fm. - Pacho Fm.
 Churuvita Fm. Une Fm.
Aguardiente Fm.
Albian Blakey 105Ma - COL.jpg Hiló Fm. Chiquinquirá Sst. Tibasosa Fm.
Une Fm.
Tablazo Fm. Tablazo Fm.
Capotes Fm. - La Palma Fm. - Simití Fm.
 Simití Fm.
Tibú-Mercedes Fm.
Aptian Capotes Fm.
Socotá Fm. - El Peñón Fm.
 Paja Fm.
Fómeque Fm.
Paja Fm. Paja Fm. El Peñón Fm. Trincheras Fm.
Río Negro Fm.

La Naveta Fm.
Barremian
Blakey 120Ma - COL.jpg
Hauterivian Muzo Fm.
Cáqueza Gp
Las Juntas Fm.
Rosablanca Fm.
Ritoque Fm.
Valanginian Ritoque Fm. Furatena Fm.
Útica Fm. - Murca Fm.
 Rosablanca Fm. Girón Fm.
Macanal Fm.

Rosablanca Fm.
Berriasian Blakey 150Ma - COL.jpg Cumbre Fm. Cumbre Fm. Los Medios Fm.
Guavio Fm.
Tambor Fm. Arcabuco Fm.
Cumbre Fm.

Sources




See also




  • Geography of Colombia


  • Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Bogotá savanna, Tenza Valley


  • Cordillera Central, Occidental, Andean Region, Venezuelan Andes, continuation of this mountain system



References





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