Mountain Ranges of Colombia - Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Serrania de Los Churumbelos, Serrania de La Macarena, Serrania del Perija (Paperback)

Chapters: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Serrania de Los Churumbelos, Serrania de La Macarena, Serrania Del Perija, Cordillera Central, Cordillera Oriental, Montes de Maria, Baudo Mountains, Cordillera Occidental, Serrania de Macuira. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 37. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta - Village of Taganga near the city of Santa Marta by the foothills of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and the Caribbean coast.It is composed of Cretaceous metamorphic rocks (predominantly schists and gneisses) and quartzdioritic intrusives of Tertiary age. The Quaternary of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta is mainly represented by colluvial-alluvial valley fill and by recent beach deposits. The coastlines of the northwestern part of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta are indented, reflecting the alternation of rocky headlands and deep, NNW trending tectonically controlled bays. The headlands are typically 100 to 150-m-high plunging cliffs cut into schists and granites, whereas the embayments front alluvial valley deposits. The bay shores are typically steep, reflective beaches composed of very coarse sand to granules eroded from adjacent cliffs and alluvial deposits. Wide pocket beaches and tombolos are common along sectors with abundant rocky erosional remnants and stacks. The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta is home to the remnants of the native American Tairona Culture; Arhuacos, Koguis, Wiwas and Kankuamos, that live in Resguardos Indigenas (Indian reserves) located in the mid-highlands. The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta as seen from Valledupar.For the last ten years, access to the highest summits has been very difficult, and this situation continues . There have been no documented recent ascents. Access from the south is prevented by native tribes who re...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2364404