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The following is a list of ecoregions in Venezuela as identified by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). ... Cordillera de Merida páramo; Deserts and xeric shrublands
Colonnelo, Giuseppe. (2004): Las planicies deltaicas del río Orinocoy el golfo de Paria: aspectos físicos y vegetación. En: Lasso, Carlos A. Alfonso, Leanne E., Flores, Ana Liz. y Love, Greg. (Editores). Evalución rápida de la biodiversidad y aspectos sociales de los ecosistemas acuáticos del delta del río Orinocoy goldo de Paria. Venezuela.
The fauna of Venezuela consists of a huge variety of animals. Venezuela's diverse wildlife includes manatees, Amazon river dolphins, and Orinoco crocodiles, which have been reported to reach up to 6.6 metres (22 ft) in length. Some 23% of reptilian and 50% of amphibian species that inhabit the country are endemic to Venezuela. Overall, around ...
Henri Pittier National Park is located in the Central Region, occupies most of the northern state of Aragua and much of the northeastern state of Carabobo, covers a considerable area of the Venezuelan Coastal Range, adjacent to the towns of Choroní, Cuyagua, Chuao, Cata, La Ciénaga, Ocumare de la Costa y Turiamo.
The araguaney (Tabebuia chrysantha), Venezuela's national tree. The flora of Venezuela consists of a huge variety of unique plants; around 38% of the estimated 30,000 species of plants found in the country are endemic to Venezuela. Overall, around 48% of Venezuela's land is forested; this includes over 60% of the Venezuelan Amazon. These ...
The highest point in Venezuela is located in this natural region. [4] It is divided in two sections: Cordillera de Mérida: covering almost all the territory of Táchira, Mérida and Trujillo states, the southern area of Lara, and portions of higher areas on the western side of Barinas, Apure and Portuguesa states.
The coastal plain contains Venezuela's only desert, the Médanos de Coro (the Coro Dunes), on the Paraguaná Peninsula. The Coro region is one of the ten geographical regions into which Venezuela can be divided. Because the two major depression valleys are the Falcón and the Lara, the mountains are sometimes called the Falcón-Lara ranges.
The Venezuelan troupial is the national bird of Venezuela. This is a list of the bird species recorded in Venezuela. The avifauna of Venezuela has 1412 confirmed species, of which 45 are endemic, six have been introduced by humans, 48 are rare or vagrants, and one has been extirpated. An additional 20 species are hypothetical (see below).