Leiva Mountains

The Leiva Mountains lie in the upper Magdalena country, where the Colombian Andes divide into great ranges around a network of deep valleys. To the west rises the Central Cordillera, with the snowy volcanic massif of Nevado del Huila. Streams from its slopes feed the Páez and Símbola rivers, which join and flow through a deep gorge towards the Magdalena. Forest, high Andean vegetation and páramo succeed one another as the ground rises.