Nima-Amaime Subwatershed

The Nima River is a tributary of the Amaime River that drains into the Cauca River, one of the most important rivers of Colombia. This watershed (16,739 ha) is in the southeast of the Department of Cauca Valley, in the mountains of the Colombian Andes (Table 15). The altitude ranges from 1,050 to 4,100 m.a.s.l., and the average temperature ranges from 8ºC to 24ºC. The annual precipitation varies across the watershed, from 1,500 to 2,100 mm yr-1, and is distributed along the year following a bimodal rainfall pattern.