The world / Colombia
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.