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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.
The Southern Andean Yungas begins in southern Bolivia and continues to the north of Argentina. It is a humid forest region between the drier Gran Chaco region to the east and the dry, high altitude Puna region to the west. Yungas are transitional zones between the Andean highlands and the eastern forests.
These Yungas, (otherwise known as the Tucumano-Oranense forest) are transitional zones between the Andean highlands and the eastern forests. Located at the Ledesma Department on the eastern slopes of the Calilegua hills, with an area of 76,306 ha (763.06 km 2 ; 294.62 sq mi), It is the largest national park in the Argentine Northwest .
The Yungas are found on the eastern slopes and valleys of the Peruvian Andes. They form a transition zone between the Southwest Amazon moist forests and Ucayali moist forests at lower elevations to the east and the Central Andean puna and wet puna at higher elevations to the west.
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Southern Andean steppe; Southern Andean Yungas; T. Tropical Andes; Y. Yungas ... This page was last edited on 21 April 2021, at 14:30 (UTC).
To the south and west, are the harsh, frigid deserts, salt flats and alpine grasslands of the altiplano. To the north and east are the lush, wet, dense cloud forests or " yungas " of the front-range, downslope, and foothills of the Andes.
Chuquisaca and Tarija Yungas (Bolivia) Humid Andean Yungas (Bolivia, Peru) Inter-Andean Dry Valleys (Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru) North Andean Montane (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela) Peru High Andean Complex (Bolivia, Peru) Salta and Tucuman Yungas (Argentina) Sierra de Córdoba (Argentina) South Andean Yungas (Argentina ...