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Exploring the biodiversity of Malpelo Island
Overview of Malpelo Island, Colombia. The isolated island, which is known for its...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
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Colombia
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Colombia
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coffee plantation
Coffee growing on the middle slopes of the Cordillera Central near Chinchiná, Colombia.
Victor Englebert
Colombia
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Physical features of Colombia
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Cauca River, Colombia
The Cauca River in the Andes, Colombia.
Carl Frank/Photo Researchers
Magdalena River, Colombia
Magdalena River, Colombia.
Carl Frank/Photo Researchers
coffee plantation, Colombia
Coffee plantation in west-central Colombia.
Carl Frank/Photo Researchers
spectacled bear
The spectacled bear (
Tremarctos ornatus
) of South America's Andes Mountains...
Werner Layer/Bruce Coleman Ltd.
Plaza de Caicedo, Cali, Colombia
Plaza de Caicedo, Cali, Colombia, with the cathedral at centre.
Victor Englebert
Colombia: cattle
Cattle herding in eastern Colombia.
Carl Frank/Photo Researchers
Cathedral of San José, Cúcuta, Colombia
Cathedral of San José, Cúcuta, Colombia.
Carl Frank/Photo Researchers
Colombia: sugarcane harvesting
Harvesting sugarcane, Valle del Cauca department, Colombia.
Carl Frank/Photo Researchers
Colombia: coffee plantation
Coffee plantation near Armenia, Colombia.
© Jesse Kraft/Dreamstime.com
stock raising on the Llanos in Colombia
Horses being watered on the Llanos in eastern Colombia.
© Victor Englebert
Colombia: oil refinery
Oil refinery at Barrancabermeja on the Magdalena River, Colombia.
© Loren McIntyre
lime container
Lime container (
poporo
), gold, Quimbaya culture, Colombia, 1st–7th century;...
Photograph by Katie Chao. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, Jan Mitchell and Sons Collection, gift of Jan Mitchell, 1991 (1991.419.22)
Colombia: street theatre
Street theatre performance in the Plaza de Bolívar, Bogotá, Colombia.
© Filipe Frazao/Shutterstock.com
Cartagena, Colombia
Church of San Pedro Claver, built in 1603, Cartagena, Colombia.
© Dvrcan/Dreamstime.com
Botero, Fernando:
Roman Soldier
Roman Soldier
, sculpture by Fernando Botero, 1985; on display in Yerevan,...
© Ivan Varyukhin/Dreamstime.com
Gabriel García Márquez
Gabriel García Márquez, 1982.
© Lutfi Ozkok
The division of Gran Colombia (1830)
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Colombia
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Smoke over South America on March 27, 1998.In...
Goddard Space Flight Center/NASA
Leftist governments in Latin America.
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Northern Andes and the Orinoco River basin
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National anthem of Colombia
The instrumental version of the national anthem of Colombia.
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Colombia: Urban-rural
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