Tag: Geography

The stratification of the soil is the way in which sediments accumulate soil over each other in layers. Soil formation is a process that takes millions of years, and in that time hundreds of thousands of layers of different materials have accumulated. Rock or layered soils are made up of visible layers of sediment, which

The advantages of Colombia’s geographic position are related to its geographic position for climate or trade. The Republic of Colombia is a transcontinental country located predominantly in the northwestern region of the South American continent with some territories corresponding to North America. This country is limited to the northwest by Panama, to the east by Venezuela

The plateaus of HondurasThey are distributed in the mountain ranges that make up 80% of its territory. A plateau is a tall, flat landform that rises sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side. Honduras is the most mountainous country in Central America and has distinct series of mountain ranges that divide the

The lithology is a branch of geology that is responsible for studying the characteristics of the various types of rocks that exist on Earth. The term comes from Latin: litho (rock) + logia (study of). Lithology does not study deep features of rocks in general, but rather focuses on the surface features of rocks. That

The astronomical position of Europe is 35 degrees north latitude to 75 degrees north latitude and from 25 degrees west longitude to 35 degrees east longitude. The reason for the change in direction from west to east longitude is because the prime meridian is at zero degrees. Europe is located in the northern hemisphere and

The Costa Montaña Region  is the territory located to the northwest or north-west of Venezuela. It limits to the north and west with the Caribbean Sea, to the south with the Marabina Depression and to the east with the Yaracuy depression. The States of Vargas, Miranda, Táchira, Mérida, Carabobo, Sucre, Nueva Esparta, Zulia, Falcón, Aragua and

The map scales used to determine the relationship between a distance on the map and the corresponding distance on the earth ‘s surface. When you want to represent a large object, the only viable way is reduction. It is impossible to represent it in its original size. Cartography is the science and technique that makes geographic

The relief of the Orinoquía region is predominantly flat, with slight undulations and very few elevations. This region is delimited by the Orinoco hydrographic basin and has wide eastern plains that extend to Venezuela. It also includes the foothills of the plains and the Sierra de la Macarena national park, which are important features of

He Dry weatherit is the one that presents an annual average precipitation less than evaporation and transpiration in the same period. Also, since the air is dry, there are few clouds and the sun is intense. LSummers are hot to very hot and it rarely rains. Winter can be cold or warm and winter nights

The ecoregions of Bolivia are areas formed by territories that share similar species, the same environmental conditions and similar ecological dynamics. In general, each ecoregion is independent of the rest. In Bolivia, it is currently considered that there are 12 ecoregions. Because five of these are subdivided, 23 different ecological regions can be distinguished.