RELIEF OF CUNDINAMARCA: MOST OUTSTANDING CHARACTERISTICS - GEOGRAPHY - 2025

The relief of Cundinamarca is made up of mountainous or high surfaces, and low reliefs or plains. In this state is the Eastern Cordillera, from which the Cundiboyacense Altiplano derives.

In the mountainous reliefs, the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy, the Cerro Nevado, the Pico de Saboya, the Cerro de Jurisdicciones and the Cerro de Monserrate stand out.

As for the moors, the Rechinga, Sumapaz, Cruz Verde and Almorzadero are present, located between 4600 and 4093 meters above sea level.

Within the flat relief, the Sabana de Bogotá stands out, located at 2,600 meters above sea level; and the valleys of Ubaté, Tunja, Sogamoso, Chiquinquirá and Duirama.

The relief of the department of Cundinamarca is characterized by its high and flat. It is crossed by the Cordillera Oriental, which is one of the three branches that divides the Cordillera de los Andes in a southwest-northeast direction.

The 4 strips of the relief of Cundinamarca

Surveyors speak of four strips to refer to the reliefs in the area.

First girdle

The first belt begins in the Páramo de Sumapaz and takes a direction from south to north, with a relief between 300 and 3500 meters above sea level.

Second strip

In the second strip is the Sabana de Bogotá and the valley area, characterized by being low and flat regions with some scattered hills.

Third strip

The third strip begins with an abrupt and significant relief by the Medina and Ubalá formations.

Fourth strip

The last strip presents the decline of the mountain range, to gradually integrate to the eastern plains.

Most important reliefs

Its most important reliefs are the Cundiboyacense Altiplano and the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy, and they represent 15% of the relief of the entire department. It also highlights the importance of the Sabana de Bogotá.

Altiplano cundiboyacense

The Cundiboyacense Altiplano is located in the center of the Eastern Cordillera. For this reason the relief is quite irregular and with a considerable altitude above sea level.

The limits of this plateau, where the department of Cundinamarca is located, are the mountains of Santander to the north, to the south the Sabana de Bogotá, and to the east and west numerous hills and peaks such as Nevado, Jurisdicciones, San Luis or the Peak of Savoy.

Savannah of Bogota

The Sabana de Bogotá is important within the relief of Cundinamarca because it represents the most extensive plateau in the Colombian Andes.

Its altitude is around 2,600 meters above sea level, with the El Majuy, Guadalupe, Monserrate and Páramo de Sumapaz as the most outstanding points of relief.

It is in the Sabana de Bogotá where some of the most important urban settlements occur, including the capital of Colombia.

Sierra Nevada del Cocuy

The Sierra Nevada del Cocuy occupies 306,000 kilometers north of the Eastern Cordillera and also extends to the departments of Boyacá and Arauca.

Its highest point is marked by the Ritacuba Negro peak and reaches 5300 meters above sea level. In total it has 22 peaks, with an average height of 4,800 meters.

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