Where Is Colombia Caribbean Sea Panama Venezuela Pacific Ocean Colombia Bogotá Did you know Colombia was named after explorer Christopher Columbus During his travels he visited the northern coasts of South America Ecuador Peru
Colombia is a country in the northwestern corner of South America It covers 439 736 square miles 1 138 910 square kilometers Bogotá is its capital and largest city with more than 8 million people Colombia borders Venezuela to the east and Brazil to the southeast Peru lies to the south and Ecuador to the southwest Colombia's western seacoast meets the Pacific Ocean The Caribbean Sea touches Colombia in the north where Colombia also shares a short border with Panama fun fact Bogotá is one of the highest capital cities in the world It sits at 8 660 feet 2 640 meters above sea level Only the capitals of Bolivia and Ecuador are higher Brazil
The Land Andes Mountains Mountains plains and rain forests cover the Colombian landscape The Magdalena and Cauca rivers flow north through the Andes Mountains They divide the Andes into the Cordilleras Occidental Central and Oriental Colombia reaches its highest point at the twin peaks of Christopher Columbus and Simón Bolívar These snowcapped mountains rise to a height of 18 947 feet 5 775 meters in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta range
In eastern Colombia is the Llanos A grassy savannah covers the flat plains of this region The Orinoco and other rivers run east and several tributaries flow south to the Amazon River The Amazon Rain Forest the largest tropical forest in the world fills the southeast Orinoco River
