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197:. In its upper section it runs through cloud forests and montane forests. The central section of the river forms the Patía dry valley. The lower section to the west of the Western Cordillera flows through the Chocó jungles of the Pacific region. The Patía is fed by the Quilcacé, Guachicono, Mayo, Juanambú, Pasto and
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gives the Patía Valley dry forests ecoregion the status "Critical/Endangered". Most of the valley has been drastically modified by human activity, but there are still pockets of original vegetation and there are some efforts at conservation on privately owned land. Threats come from excessive hunting
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the mean monthly temperature is almost constant at just over 20 °C (68 °F) throughout the year. Annual rainfall is about 1,750 millimetres (69 in). Monthly rainfall varies from 50.4 millimetres (1.98 in) in July to 221 millimetres (8.7 in) in
November, with a second peak of
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biome. The valley has been isolated from similar dry forests areas for long enough for unique flora and fauna to evolve. The ecoregion is part of the 103,000 square kilometres (40,000 sq mi) Tumbesian-Andean
Valleys Dry Forests global ecoregion, which holds six terrestrial ecoregions:
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Ranching and farming, with fire used to clear the land, have destroyed almost all the original vegetation. There are some endemic sub-species. Common plants in the dry valley now include
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and its tributaries, surrounded by ranges of the Andes. It has an area of 233,098 hectares (576,000 acres). It is almost completely surrounded by the
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At a sample location in the mountains to the south at coordinates
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The Patía Valley is in southwestern
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932:Eastern Cordillera Real montane forests
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622:Tumbesian-Andean Valleys Dry Forests
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19:Patía Valley dry forests (NT0225)
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30:Landscape of the Patía Valley in
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872:Magdalena Valley montane forests
587:South America: Colombia (NT0225)
568:Patía Valley dry forests – Myers
544:Patía Valley dry forests – Myers
494:Patía Valley dry forests – Myers
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394:Amazilia saucerottei australis
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887:Western Ecuador moist forests
877:Magdalena–Urabá moist forests
219:Köppen climate classification
957:Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
937:Magdalena Valley dry forests
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283:Magdalena Valley dry forests
281:, Patía Valley dry forests,
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602:"Patía Valley dry forests"
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688:Biodiversity of Colombia
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352:Pilosocereus colombianus
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287:Cauca Valley dry forests
275:Tumbes–Piura dry forests
151:Patía Valley dry forests
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1005:Catatumbo moist forests
414:Central American agouti
365:grows in rocky places.
1194:Ecoregions of Colombia
1103:Alexander von Humboldt
1062:Bahía Portete–Kaurrele
942:Northern Andean páramo
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362:Schomburgkia splendida
279:Ecuadorian dry forests
1087:Thomas van der Hammen
1000:Caquetá moist forests
811:Eastern Hills, Bogotá
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181:ecoregion.
171:Patía River
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103:Coordinates
62:Neotropical
1183:Categories
836:Ecoregions
649:2017-04-15
642:WildFinder
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115:77°07′41″W
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849:Magdalena
155:ecoregion
112:1°57′22″N
93:Countries
80:Geography
897:Tropical
816:Invasive
737:Reptiles
730:Primates
199:Guaitara
185:Physical
165:Location
159:Colombia
97:Colombia
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742:Lizards
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718:Endemic
577:Sources
556:Schafer
357:Opuntia
260:Ecology
234:77°15′W
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1152:Portal
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231:1°45′N
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203:Puracé
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983:Other
899:Andes
847:Chocó
775:Flora
758:Other
713:Birds
477:Notes
369:Fauna
297:Flora
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