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A tepui / ˈ t ɛ p w i /, or tepuy (Spanish:), is a table-top mountain or mesa found in South America, especially in Venezuela and western Guyana.The word tepui means "house of the gods" in the native tongue of the Pemon, the indigenous people who inhabit the Gran Sabana.
Auyán-tepui (Spanish pronunciation: [awˈʝan teˈpuj]), also spelled Ayan, [3] is a tepui in Bolívar state, Venezuela. [1] It is the most visited and one of the largest (but not the highest) tepuis in the Guiana Highlands, with a summit area of 666.9 km 2 (257.5 sq mi) and an estimated slope area of 715 km 2 (276 sq mi).
Mount Roraima (Spanish: Monte Roraima; Tepuy Roraima; Cerro Roraima; Portuguese: Monte Roraima) is the highest of the Pacaraima chain of tepuis (table-top mountain) or plateaux in South America. [4]: 156 [c] It is located at the junction of Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela. A characteristic large flat-topped mountain surrounded by cliffs 400 ...
ZDF Studios is set to launch sales on documentary “Tepui – Into the House of Gods” at MipTV. The 50-minute film will “take viewers on a journey to a forgotten world isolated for millions ...
The tepuis constitute a unique biogeological entity and are of great geological interest. As of 1993, Canaima National Park was reported to receive approximately 100,000 tourists every year, with 90% visiting its plateaus. [6] Only a select few of its tepuis are accessible to visitors, with those including Roraima and Auyán-tepui.
The Formaciones de Tepuyes Natural Monument also known as tepui [1] (Spanish: Monumento Natural Formaciones de Tepuyes) [2] Also Formaciones de Tepuyes Is a protected natural space since 1991, located in Venezuela [3] more specifically in the states of Amazonas and Bolívar. [4]
The following is a list of ecoregions in Venezuela as identified by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). Terrestrial ... Tepuis; Venezuelan Andes montane forests;
Cerro Duida, known as Yennamadi by the Ye'kuana, [2] is a very large tepui in Amazonas state, Venezuela. [1] It has an uneven and heavily inclined plateau, rising from highs of around 1,300–1,400 metres (4,300–4,600 ft) in the north and east to a maximum of 2,358 metres (7,736 ft) on its southwestern rim. [1]