Introduction
The Caribbean coast of Colombia is about 1,600 km long, from Castilletes on the western border of Venezuela to Cabo Tiburón at the eastern border of Panamá (Fig. 4.11.1 ). It is a relatively developed area with numerous small cities and five large commerce centres or ports (Riohacha, Santa Marta, Barranquilla, Cartagena and Turbo). Land and air access from the interior of the country is available to all medium and large cities. Colombia’s primary Caribbean island areas are the coralline archipelagos of San Andrés, Providencia, Santa Catalina Islands and El Rosario Islands, 100 km south of Cartagena.
Caribbean coast of Colombia.
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Correa, I., Morton, R. (2010). Caribbean Coast of Colombia. In: Bird, E.C.F. (eds) Encyclopedia of the World's Coastal Landforms. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8639-7_41
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