COLOMBIAWATER RESOURCES AND

NATURAL REGIONS

FREDY NEIRA

COLOMBIA1’141.748 Km2

PANAMA

CARIBEAN SEA

VENEZUELA

BRASIL

PERU

ECUADOR

PACIFIC

OCEANEcuador line

PARAMO (BLEAK)

WARM

COLD

VERY COLD

SNOW

MODERATE

Meters

4200

3200

2800

2000

1000

0

Temperature

<2°C

6-18°C

12-18°C

18-24°C

°24-27°C

>27°C

CLIME

POPULATION

40’000.00070% = Urban areas(Bogotá = 9´000.000)

CULTURE

More than 66 Native groups

Natural Regions

AMAZONEAN

WARM >24 °C

4000 mm FORESTRY, NATURAL PROTECTED AREA

AMAZONAS RIVER BASIN

ORINOQUIC

WARM >24 °C

1500 - 2000 mm

LIVESTOCK ,OIL PALMRICE, SORGUM

ORINOCO RIVER BASIN

OIL EXTRACTION

ORINOQUEA REGION

ANDEAN

ALL CLIMESFROM < 0 TO 24°C

500 - 2000 mm TRADITIONAL

AGRICULTURE ,LIVESTOCK

35’215.000 ha

ANDEAN MOUNTAINOUS CHAINS COFFEE!!!

Potato Vegetables ...CEREALS (Rice, wheat, corn, sorghum, barley)FRUITS (Citrus, bananas, melon, strawberry, guaba, pineapple...

Sugar CaneFlowers

EMERALDS

WARM >24 °C

6000 - 14000 mm FORESTRY ,FISHERY,

GOLD EXTRACTION

PACIFICREGION

CARIBEAN

12’771.800 ha

WARM

>24 °C 500-1500 mm

LIVESTOCK ,COTTON, CASABA/YAM/CORN

Santamarta

BarranquillaCartagena

MOMPOX WETLAND

1’150.000 ha

WARM >24 °C

500-1500 mm FISHERY ,

HUNT (Turtle, Boas, Ducks ...

Sediments from erosion

and contaminants from the

Andean Region

GUAJIRA DESERT

WARM

>27 °C <500 mm

SALT ,COAL,CATTLE

1’350.000 ha

No AgricultureWater Deficit

Underground water = saline

Cauca & Magdalena

Valleys

WARM

>24 °C 500 - 2000 mm

INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE,CATTLE,

… ha

Cauca & Magdalena

Valleys

WARM

>24 °C 500 - 2000 mm

INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE,CATTLE,

… ha

High PlateauCundi-Boyaca &

Nariño

MODERATE COLD

< 18 °C 500 - 2000 mm

INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE,CATTLE,

… ha

HETEROGENEUS COUNTRY- Landscapes- Climes- Soils- Geology

- Topography- People …

HIGH BIODIVERSITY

1rst Bio-diversity Country

5th Water resources

Deforestation & Erosion (mountains)

Sedimentation andWater Reduction

+ Contamination (low lands)

POVERTY

X

DESERTIFICATION REGIONS

Man caused

Natural Origin

National NaturalParks

NO POLITICAL INTEREST TO:

Improve - Social Conditions-Education System

70 % of Resources are been using in Internal War

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE

INAT

Built Irrigation SystemsBut no in priority regions(Only for BIG farmers)

Corpoica

“We are not Interested in Environmental Problems”

Paramos (High Mountains),

Wetlands

Arid regions

WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENTIS PRIORITY

CRITICAL REGIONS

(High mountains)Capture and supply

water resources

PARAMOS

Water contamination from theHigh mountains

WET LANDS

Problems PotentialitySedimentation and

Water contaminationWater,

Fauna and fishery

ARID LANDS

Design Water harvest systems

Purpose agricultural systems adapted to arid conditions

Objetives

Thank you

דילא זאמא

Gracias