Showing posts with label regions Colombia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label regions Colombia. Show all posts

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Map of regions of Colombia


A map of regions of Colombia is nothing that the territorial divisions inside the country, this in general and particular.

A map is a graphic representation and metric of a piece of land generally on a two dimensional surface, but can also be spherical as in the earth. The map has metric properties this means that it should be possible to take measurements of distances, angles or surfaces on it, and get a result as accurate as possible for different purposes.

In order to know their whole map of regions of Colombia makes reference to his world as an autonomous nation, and supported primarily on philosophical theories, maps are the first humans to be today an important source of information, and much of the human activity is linked in one way or another mapping.

A map of regions of Colombia have similar characteristics. Divide space into regions called regionalization, to establish the regions of Colombia takes into account aspects such as: Physical, Economic, Cultural, political and administrative organization.

According to the use of physical and human criteria in Colombia have been identified: Natural regions / geographical, economic regions, cultural regions, political and administrative regions.

Natural regions / geographical Colombia are delimited from the similarity in physical and human aspects having an area, the physical aspect includes: Relief, Climate, Flora, Fauna, Hydrography. The human aspect includes: Customs, Traditions, Folklore.

- Map of regions of Colombia.


region of Colombia


Each region of Colombia has one or some important characteristics, ie which is distinguished one by one from the other.

Regions of Colombia are divisions of territory belonging to the autonomy of the country, the same are made ​​from similar features in terms of relief, climate, vegetation, and land types. The abundance of climates and terrain, internally these regional differences are classified by a number of factors such as very light relief features, be it mountain or plain, the distance to the sea, the average rainfall and soil conditions, including important.

What is known as a region of Colombia can be differentiated into six major natural regions: the southern Amazon, Andean (middle), Caribbean (north), Insular (Island), Pacific (west) and Orinoco (east).