The Páramos are distributed in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.
Colombia hosts 49% of the Páramos on the planet and this is just 2% of the national territory. Páramos are the main source of water. Are the tropical scars of the last ice stadium, with lagoons, valleys, snow summits, volcanos, and land with an incredible ability to adapt. Some, protected by the government as National Parks.
Close to Salento, Los Nevados National park with a rich biodiverse environment in 58,300 ha. the water kept baths the Easter and Western flanks of the Cordillera Central (CC) with rivers that feed four regions and more than 4 million people.