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Colombia

Capital: Bogotá

  • Caño Cristales, a river of about 100 km in Meta department, takes on red and other bright colours when a plant covers its bed.
  • The Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá sits roughly 200 m underground inside a rock-salt mountain, about 49 km north of Bogotá.
  • Bogotá lies at about 2,640 m above sea level. One ranking cited on Wikipedia places it third among the world's highest capitals.
  • Colombia is one of 17 megadiverse countries and is often ranked second in the world for biodiversity, after Brazil.

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