Jurisdicciones Mountain

The mountains of Las Jurisdicciones rise in the northern Colombian Andes, near the routes between Ocaña and the Catatumbo basin. Their ridges and valleys form part of the eastern cordillera, where streams descend toward the Magdalena and Lake Maracaibo. Mountain passes shaped travel between the colonial settlements of Ocaña, Pamplona and the lowlands, while forests covered the steep slopes between the valleys.