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The ecoregion occurs in elevations ranging from 400 to 3,500 metres (1,300 to 11,500 ft) on the eastern slopes of the Andes in Bolivia, extending into a small portion of southeastern Peru. It forms a transition zone between the Southwest Amazon moist forests to the northeast and the Central Andean puna and wet puna to the southwest.
The Yungas (Aymara yunka warm or temperate Andes or earth, Quechua yunka warm area on the slopes of the Andes) [1] [2] is a bioregion of a narrow band of forest along the eastern slope of the Andes Mountains from Peru and Bolivia, and extends into Northwest Argentina at the slope of the Andes pre-cordillera. It is a transitional zone between ...
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Laram Quta (Aymara larama blue, quta lake, [1] "blue lake", also spelled Laram Kkota) is a lake in the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia.It is located in the La Paz Department, Sud Yungas Province, Irupana Municipality.
Sud Yungas or Sur Yungas (Aymara: Aynach Yunka jisk'a) is a province in the Bolivian department of La Paz. It was created during the presidency of José Manuel Pando on January 12, 1900. [ 2 ] The capital of the province is Chulumani .
Jach'a Quta (Aymara jach'a big, quta lake, [1] "big lake", also spelled Jachcha Kkota) is a lake in Bolivia located in the La Paz Department, Sud Yungas Province, Yanacachi Municipality, north-west of the mountain Mururata. It lies south-east of the mountain Wanakuni and the lakes Warawarani and Jisk'a Warawarani at the mountain Thakis Uma.
The Southern Andean Yungas consists of a mesic evergreen forest, with trees typically less than 15 metres (49 ft) tall. [citation needed] The species composition of the forests varies with elevation and precipitation. The foothill forests are a transition between the Yungas and the semi-arid Dry Chaco of the lowlands.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Bolivia: Department: ... UTC-4 (BOT) Yanacachi Municipality is the third municipal section of the Sud Yungas ...