Perijá, Mountains of

Perijá, Mountains of

▪ mountains, South America
Spanish  Serranía De Perijá,  also called  Sierra De Perijá  

      mountain chain, the northward extension of the Andean Cordillera Oriental, forming part of the border between Colombia and Venezuela. The range extends for 190 miles (306 km) from the vicinity of Ocaña, Colombia, northward to the Guajira Peninsula. Its crest line rises to 12,300 feet (3,750 metres) above sea level. Included in the range are the Motilones, Valledupar, and Oca mountains. To the west, across the César River, lies the higher Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, while to the east stretches the Maracaibo Lowland of Venezuela.

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