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The Llanos occupy a lowland that extends mostly east and west. The Llanos are bounded on the west and northwest by the Andes, and on the north by the Venezuelan Coastal Range. The Guiana Highlands are to the southeast, and the Negro-Branco moist forests are to the southwest.
Llanos, wide grasslands stretching across northern South America and occupying western Venezuela and northeastern Colombia. The Llanos have an area of approximately 220,000 square miles (570,000 square km), delimited by the Andes Mountains to the north and west, the Guaviare River and the Amazon
The Venezuelan Llanos (Spanish: Llanos Venezolanos) also simply known as Los Llanos (English: the Plains) in Venezuela, is a natural region that consists of a very large, flat central depression of approximately 243,774 km 2 of extension, equivalent to 26.6% of the total continental territory of the country. [1]
Llanos. The Llanos is a vast tropical grassland plain situated to the east of the Andes in Colombia and Venezuela, in northwestern South America. It is an ecoregion of the tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome. Map. Directions.
A vast grassland plain situated to the east of the Andes it extends over 170,000 square miles from Colombia to Venezuela. The area has one of the richest grasslands in the world and makes up over a quarter of Colombia’s landmass but yet has only a tiny portion of the country’s population.
As we explore the Llanos, we uncover not just a landscape but a living tapestry that serves as a cradle for life, shaping the natural heritage of Colombia and Venezuela. Map depicting the location of the Llanos ecoregion (in purple).
Safaris, hiking, birding and more! With its extensive plains, wetlands, and rivers, Los Llanos is the perfect land for a safari to spot spectacled caimans, ibis, tortoises, rattlesnakes, and armadillos, to name but a few.
llanos (yä´nōs), Spanish American term for prairies, specifically those of the Orinoco River basin of N South America [1], in Venezuela and E Colombia. The llanos of the Orinoco are a vast, hot region of rolling savanna broken by low-lying mesas, scrub forest, and scattered palms.
The Llanos Basin is situated entirely on the South American Plate, bordering the North Andean Block or North Andean microplate in the west. The basin is one of three Colombian basins on the South American Plate, to the south the Caguán-Putumayo Basin and to the southeast the Vaupés-Amazonas Basin.
Los Llanos is a pretty big area that spreads across 5 Venezuelan states, including Apure, Barinas, Portuguesa, Cojedes and Guárico. However, Apure and Barinas are the actual heartland of the cultura llanera (culture of Los Llanos), and where you find the largest concentration of fauna.