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"Ax River - Caquetá Department"
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Caqueta is one of the 32 departments of Colombia. It is located in the southwest of the country, Florence is the capital.

Caquetá region began in the Andean foothills and ends in the escarpments of Araracuara, in the middle of the Amazon jungle.

Major rivers wash the area, all tributaries of the Caquetá River, which serves the southern boundary. Among these rivers are the Ajajú or Apaporis, the Yari, Caguan and Orteguaza, navigable by small boats.

With the exception of populations which are located in the bases of the mountains, and a few indigenous villages on the banks of major rivers, the rest of the country is virtually uninhabited and covered with thick tropical rainforest, with a temperature between 27 º and 29 º.

Soils are formed on metamorphic rocks of the series of the Guayanas, as well as Roraima sandstones and Cretaceous. They also appear to Caquetá basin of Cenozoic sedimentary rocks.

In the picture, Ax River, near the capital. One of the many rivers located in this tropical region.

For heavy flow of tourism are appropriate for the establishment of water sports and spas to its shores.

Amicably, John

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