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The Desert Campaign (1833–1834) was a military campaign in Argentina led by Juan Manuel de Rosas against the indigenous people of the southern Pampas and northern Patagonia. The campaign was later followed by the Conquest of the Desert , which took place in the 1870s and 1880s.
Felling of Ceroxylon quindiuense palms to obtain wax from the trunk also is an activity still going on in Colombia and Peru. [4] The palm is recognized as the national tree of Colombia, and since the implementation of Law 61 of 1985, it is legally a protected species in that country. [3] [8]
Hoar frost on Rosa sp. Frost will destroy fresh growth causing stems and leaves to wilt, turn black and fall away from the plant. Timing pruning to promote growth after the threat of frost is a means to avoid frost damage. Salinity will present in roses as limp and light brown leaves with dry leaf margins.
Colombia has the second largest number of heliconia species worldwide. Most of them are endemic species The Baudó Mountains in the Colombian pacific coast have many endemic plants. Colombia has the largest number of endemic species (species that are not found naturally anywhere else) worldwide. About 10% of the species in the world live in ...
Santa Rosa is a Colombian municipality located in the department of Cauca, in the region known as the Bota Caucana. It is located on the eastern slope of the Colombian Massif, the mountainous area where the Central and Oriental Cordilleras merge. Its economy is based on agriculture, its main products are corn, sugar cane, plantain and livestock.
The Tatacoa Desert is the second largest arid zone in Colombia after the Guajira Peninsula. It occupies more than 330 square kilometers. This region is located north of Huila Department, 38 km from the city of Neiva and 15 km (9 mi) from Natagaima in Tolima. It is renowned as a rich deposit of fossils and a tourist destination.
Location of the municipality and town of Rosas, Cauca in the Cauca Department of Colombia. Country ... Rosas (Spanish pronunciation:) ...
Map of the advance of the Argentina frontier until the establishment of zanja de Alsina. Forts and fortlets in the Pampas before the Conquest of the Desert. In 1875, Adolfo Alsina, Minister of War for President Nicolás Avellaneda, presented the government with a plan which he later described as having the goal "to populate the desert, and not to destroy the natives."