Paramo Sentence Examples

The general elevation of this range is lower than paramo, or range, north-east of Bogota (16,700 ft.).

It is an important commercial centre, being on the road which crosses the Quindio pass, or paramo, into the Cauca valley.

Between Cocui and the southern frontier of Colombia there are no noteworthy elevations except the so-called Paramo de Suma Paz near Bogota, the highest point of which is 14,146 ft.

Colombia also possesses many species of the beautiful little humming-bird, among which are the tiny Steganura Underwoodi and the sword-bill, Docimastes ensiferus, which were found by Mr Albert Millican on a bleak paramo 12,000 ft.

The high altitude paramo is a good place to go hiking even without ascending the slopes.