Imimandla eselunxwemeni yeparadisiac, imihlaba emikhulu yeentaba, kunye namathafa abanzi, ziyinxalenye yejografi yaseColombia; kodwa ngamahlathi amakhulu asezintabeni alawula uninzi lwommandla wawo, enyanisweni, iipesenti ezingama-50 zommandla welizwe zigutyungelwe bubutyebi bendalo obukhulu.
Eli lungelo likhokelela ukuba iColombia ithathelwe ingqalelo phakathi kwamazwe ali-15 anezinto ezininzi eziphilayo emhlabeni, kunye nenani elinye kwihlabathi liphela kwiintlobo zezilwanyana nezityalo kwizikwere zekhilomitha.
Okona kwaziwayo ngokungathandabuzekiyo ngu Ihlathi laseAmazon, ekwayinxalenye ye- IBrazil, iPeru, i-Ecuador, iGuyana, iVenezuela, iSuriname kunye neFrench Guiana, abenza amahlathi akweleenjiko amakhulu ehlabathini kunye nomhlaba ozizikwere zesikwere ezizizigidi ezi-6.
Eminye imimandla yehlathi engabanzi njengeAmazon, kodwa engabalulekanga kangako, ibekwe kwiPacific yaseColombia, enje ngeSelva del Darien engenabungozi, enye yezona ndawo zinamahlathi ashinyeneyo emhlabeni, kwaye ibikade isebenza njengomda wendalo phakathi kweColombia (isebe laseChocó) kunye nePanama. Ihlathi laseChocoan yeyona ndawo ineyona mvula inamandla emhlabeni.