Tolima

[taw-lee-mah]

noun

1. a volcano in W Colombia, in the Andes. 18,438 feet (5,620 meters).

Tolima

/ toˈlima /

noun

1. a volcano in W Colombia, in the Andes. Height: 5215 m (17 110 ft)

Example Sentences

Many of the yellow fever cases were clustered in the eastern part of Tolima province.

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The team also explored places in Colombia that were previously closed to scientists, including Chaparral, a municipality in the Tolima region that was allowed to start welcoming tourists after the 2016 peace agreement.

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Collaborating with three local universities -- University of La Salle, Universidad Distrital, and Universidad del Tolima -- the collective team traveled all across Colombia to collect more than 70 samples of bat species.

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As part of the Escobar Lab's research staff, Alexander was able to study disease transmission in vampire bats and other local bat species, working with local communities in the Tolima region.

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But some residents, including families who survived the devastating 1985 eruption by the Nevado del Ruiz, which straddles the border between Tolima and Caldas provinces, say they will not go.

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