MY COUNTRY "COLOMBIA"

Colombia is the best country of the world, in there is a diversity of landscapes; cultures and your people are the most charismatic of the whole world.

Colombia a country of contrasts, with diversity of cultures and of landscapes, a territory that as few ones in the world, account with all kinds of climates and where the wealths and places that adorn it are a motive of admiration for people of other countries and that we themselves do not know. My country is a wonderful place in which everything the one that discovers it it can only fascinated with the majesty of, your geography, the warmth of your people that in we live.

LOCATION: Colombia (republic) (official name, Republic of Colombia), republic located in the northwest of South America, borders in the northern part on Panama and the Caribbean sea, in the eastern part on Venezuela and Brazil, in the southern part on Peru and Ecuador, and in the western part on the ocean Pacific Ocean. Colombia is the only(unique) country of South America with coasts both in the Atlantic Ocean and in the ocean Pacific Ocean.

NATURAL RESOURCES: The mineral resources of the country are changed and extensive. Are outlined the coal-bearing reserves of the north and the petroleum deposits and of natural gas of the east. Colombia is the first world producer of emeralds and also it occupies an important place in the production of gold, silver, iron, salt, platinum and uranium.

FLORA AND FAUNA: The autochthonous flora and fauna are so changed as the topography. Along the coast of the Carib swamps and coco-palms grow. From the level of the sea and up to 5.000 m, the stories of vegetation present numerous forests in those who are commercial usable trees, as mahogany, palosanto, oak, walnut, cedar, pine and some varieties of balsam. Between the tropical plants they are included: rubber, chewing gum, keno, vanilla, sarsaparilla, ginger, rubber of copal, ipecacuana, bean tonca and bean beaver. Other plants typical of the country are the frailejón, the goose and the tagua.

The wild animals they find the biggest mammals of South America, such as jaguar, puma, tapir, pecarí, ant bear, cariacú, I dare dealer in honey, armadillo and several species of monkeys, as the monkey chucuto or uacarí. The lizards, that time behind they abounded along the principal rivers, have been hunted in an intensive way, for what at present they are very scanty. In the tropical regions they live a lot of varieties of serpents. Between the most out-standing birds it is necessary to mention the condor, vulture, toucan, periwig, paujil, stork, have you and colibri.

PARKS: Some of the numerous national natural Parks are the Amacayacu, Mountain chain of the Peaks, The Snow-capped mountains, Sanctuary of Fauna and Flora de Malpelo, Tamá or Nukak., National Park Sierra Nevada of Holy Martha, National Park Tayrona, National Natural Park Corals of the Rosario and San Bernardo, Nature reserve of the Katios, National Natural Park of the Snow-capped mountains, Sanctuary of Fauna And Flora de Iguaque, Nature reserve Chingaza, Pisba's National Park, National Park of the Cocuy, National Park Tuparro, Nature reserve Mountainous country of the Pertaining to La Macarena one, National Park of the Ocarros, Sanctuary of Fauna And Flora Guamenta high river Fonce, Puracé's National Park, National Park Isla Gorgone, National Park of the Orchids, Utría's National Park.

IN OUR COUNTRY THEY EXIST APPROXIMATELY..

- It is 1.750 species(kinds) of birds to say 20 world %.
- 1.500 species(kinds) of fish(pitches).
- 489 species(kinds) of reptiles.
- 450 species(kinds) of amphibians.
- 368 species(kinds) of mammals - And approximately 20.000 species(kinds) of plants(floors) of all the climates.