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La Gran Sabana (Spanish pronunciation: [la ɣɾan saˈβana], English: The Great Savanna) is a region in southeastern Venezuela, part of the Guianan savanna ecoregion. The savanna spreads into the regions of the Guiana Highlands and south-east into Bolívar State , extending further to the borders with Brazil and Guyana . [ 1 ]
4.1 Flora. 4.2 Fauna. 5 Status. 6 Notes. 7 Sources. ... Most of the endemic birds of the Guianan highland or found on the Gran Sabana. These are mostly found in the ...
Fauna [ edit ] Mammals of the grassland and savanna include white-tailed deer ( Odocoileus virginianus ), giant anteater ( Myrmecophaga tridactyla ), capybara ( Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris ), giant armadillo ( Priodontes maximus ), Eastern cottontail ( Sylvilagus floridanus ), Alston's cotton rat ( Sigmodon alstoni ), Hispid cotton rat ( S ...
African savannas occur between forest or woodland regions and grassland regions. Flora includes acacia and baobab trees, grass, and low shrubs. Acacia trees lose their leaves in the dry season to conserve moisture, while the baobab stores water in its trunk for the dry season. Many of these savannas are in Africa.
Montoya Arenas, Diana María; Reyes Torres, Germán Alfonso (2005), Geología de la Sabana de Bogotá, INGEOMINAS, pp. 1–104; De Porta, J (1965), La posición estratigráfica de la fauna de Mamíferos del Pleistocene de la Sabana de Bogotá, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, pp. 37–54
Los Flamencos Sanctuary (Spanish: Santuario de Fauna y Flora Los Flamencos) has been a designated wildlife sanctuary since 1977.It is located in the Guajira Peninsula of Colombia's Caribbean Region.
Flora and fauna. Flora ... "Los Humedales de la Sabana de Bogotá: Área Importante para la Conservación de las Aves de Colombia y el Mundo" (PDF).
Guaymaral y Torca, the northernmost wetlands of Bogotá at the foot of the Eastern Hills, is composed of three parts, Guaymaral in the west in Suba (49 hectares (120 acres)), Torca in the east in Usaquén (24 hectares (59 acres)) and a small strip along the dividing Autopista Norte between the two main wetlands.