The Pacific region is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the west and the West Andes to the east. To the north is the Darién Gap and the Serranía del Darién at the border with Panamá. The area is mostly flat and covered by dense rainforest, rivers, swamps, and mangroves. The Baudó Mountains are a small, isolated range in this area along the coast. Gorgona Island is located off the southwest coast.
pacific, chocó, natural, region, pacific, chocó, region, five, major, natural, regions, colombia, ecologically, this, region, belongs, entirely, chocó, biogeographic, region, considered, biodiversity, hotspot, also, areas, with, highest, rainfall, world, with,. The Pacific Choco region is one of the five major natural regions of Colombia Ecologically this region belongs entirely to the Choco Biogeographic Region and is considered a biodiversity hotspot It also has areas with the highest rainfall in the world with areas near Quibdo Choco reaching up to 13 000 mm 510 in annually 1 Pacific Choco regionEcologyRealmNeotropicBiomeMarine RainforestGeographyCountry ColombiaOceans or seasPacific OceanRiversAtrato San Juan PatiaClimate typeTropicalConservationGlobal 200Choco Biogeographic Contents 1 Biogeographical subregions 1 1 Rivers 2 Biodiversity 3 Protected areas 4 See also 5 ReferencesBiogeographical subregions EditThe Pacific region is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the west and the West Andes to the east To the north is the Darien Gap and the Serrania del Darien at the border with Panama The area is mostly flat and covered by dense rainforest rivers swamps and mangroves The Baudo Mountains are a small isolated range in this area along the coast Gorgona Island is located off the southwest coast Politically the region is within the following Colombian departments Choco Valle del Cauca Cauca and Narino Rivers Edit From north to south the main rivers are the Atrato San Juan Calima Dagua Anchicaya Sanquianga Biodiversity EditThis region has the distinction of being one of the most biodiverse areas on the planet 2 Protected areas EditMain article List of national parks of Colombia PNN Los Katios along the border with Panama between the Atrato Swamp and the Serrania de Darien PNN Ensenada de Utria PNN Uramba Bahia Malaga PNN Isla Gorgona PNN Sanquianga area of mangroves south of Guapi SFF MalpeloSee also EditChoco Biogeographic RegionReferences Edit The Wettest Places in the World Protecting the rainforests of Central America Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pacific Choco natural region amp oldid 1087935973, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
