Caribbean lowland - alluvial lowlands in northwestern South America in the lower reaches of the Magdalena , Cauca and Spnu rivers between the spurs of the Andes and the Caribbean Sea .
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The area along the coast is marshy, overgrown with mangrove forests . In the southern part there is a swampy inland delta of Kauki, in the northern - plain shrub savannah . Spurs of the Andes, including the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta , cross the northern part and reach a height of 800 m.
In the northern and eastern regions, oil reserves were discovered. Agricultural activities are carried out, the main crops - rice , tobacco , banana .
Literature
- Brief Geographic Encyclopedia, Volume 3 / Gl.red. Grigoryev A.A. - M.: Soviet Encyclopedia - 1962, 580 p. with ill., 19 l. kart