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| ====== Atmospheric Water ====== | ====== Atmospheric Water ====== |
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| Horizontal rain, thick low cloud cover and fog are some of the main sources of water capture in the Paramo, due to the steep slopes of the mountain range, and the Pacific and steady easterly vientos alisios winds (Proyecto Paramo Andino, 2011). | Horizontal rain, thick low cloud cover and fog are some of the main sources of water capture in the [[18|Páramo]], due to the steep slopes of the [[02|mountain range]], and the Pacific and steady easterly //vientos alisios// winds (Proyecto Paramo Andino, 2011). |
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| The topography of the Paramo varies greatly and with it, clouds wrap into the slopes differentially. The effects of this are visible in superparamo plant life. In the lower superparamo, where humidity is greater and pressure higher, there is also richer diversity in vegetation cover; the dry superparamo sees a far lower plant diversity and ‘scanty vegetation’ (Cleef, 2008). As well as the vegetation capture of atmospheric water ([[05|fog]] and cloud), through key species such as [[07|frailejones]], dense cloud cover across the paramo also causes frequent [[21|rainfall]]. These feed into a [[39|water system]] that supplies the population of [[14|Bogota]] with [X% OF WATER NEEDS, CITE], through filtration into [[08|groundwater]] and eventually, the [[20|Quebrada Limas]] river. | The topography of the [[18|Páramo]] varies greatly and with it, clouds wrap into the slopes differentially. The effects of this are visible in superparamo plant life. In the lower superparamo, where humidity is greater and pressure higher, there is also richer diversity in vegetation cover; the dry superparamo sees a far lower plant diversity and ‘scanty vegetation’ (Cleef, 2008). As well as the vegetation capture of atmospheric water (fog and cloud), through key species such as [[07|frailejones]], dense cloud cover across the Páramo also causes frequent [[21|rainfall]]. These feed into a [[39|water system]] that supplies the population of [[14|Bogota]] with [X% OF WATER NEEDS, CITE], through filtration into [[08|groundwater]] and eventually, the [[20|Quebrada Limas]] river. |