Colombia has an area of 440,831 sq. miles (1,141,748 sq km). The
most distinguishing topographical feature is the Andes mountain chain. It extends from the
north-west corner of the country all the way through the bottom. Colombia's highest point,
Pico Cristóbal Colón, is 18,947 feet above sea level and is part of a isolated mountain
mass called Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. The principal river of Colombia is the
Magdalena, which flows north in between the Cordillera Oriental and the Cordillera Central
and
empties
into the Caribbean. The largest city and capital, Bogotá, lies in a valley at
source of the Meta river. It's in valley which keeps much of the pollution in.
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most distinguishing topographical feature is the Andes mountain chain. It extends from the
north-west corner of the country all the way through the bottom. Colombia's highest point,
Pico Cristóbal Colón, is 18,947 feet above sea level and is part of a isolated mountain
mass called Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. The principal river of Colombia is the
Magdalena, which flows north in between the Cordillera Oriental and the Cordillera Central
and
empties
into the Caribbean. The largest city and capital, Bogotá, lies in a valley at
source of the Meta river. It's in valley which keeps much of the pollution in.