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Title: Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ... with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps
Year: 1921 (1920s)
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Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: New York : P. F. Collier
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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azil and Ecuador;and W. by the Pacific Ocean; area,513,938 square miles. Pop. about 5,-000,000. Topography. — The surface of thecountry is extremely varied, with loftf COLOMBIA 64 COLOMBIA mountains in the W., and vast plains inthe E. scarcely above the level of thesea. The Andes spread out in threegreat ranges, from the extensive plateauof Pasto in the S. W.; forming valleysrunning from N. to S. parallel to thethree chains. Of the sections outsidethe main Cordilleras, the principal arethe Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, inthe N., and the low Baudo range, alongthe N. W. coast. From the Central Cor- miles), on the Pacific coast; the Atratoand Zulia (150 miles), flowing N.; theArauca (600), which, as well as theMeta (700) and Guaviare (850), feedsthe Orinoco; and the Caqueta (1,350),the Putumayo (1,100), and the Napo(750), tributaries of the Amazon. Thelakes are unimportant. Climate and Productions. — Colombiapossesses all the climates of the world;perpetual snows cover the summits of
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CATHEDRAL AT COLOGNE dillera the principal rivers, the Mag-dalena and the Cauca, flow into the Ca-ribbean Sea, besides several affluents ofthe Amazon in the E., and the Patia,which forces its way to the Pacific,through a gorge between cliffs, 10,000 to12,000 feet high, and forms the onlynotable break in the long wall of theWestern Cordillera from Darien toPatagonia. The Eastern Cordillera con-sists of a series of extensive tablelands,cool and healthy, where the white raceflourishes as vigorously as in Europe.E. from this Cordillera stretch vastllanos or plains, through which flow theMeta, the Guaviare, and other tributariesof the Orinoco. Besides these, the chiefrivers are the San Juan (navigable 150 the Cordilleras, while the valleys aboundin the rich vegetation of the tropics.The mean temperature ranges from 32°to 82°, according to the elevation. Therainy season falls from November toApril, except among the low-lying for-ests of the S. E., where the rain-fall isdistributed through

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