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The Lebrija River originates at an altitude of 2,532 metres (8,307 ft) in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes to the northeast of Piedecuesta, Santander. [1] The Lebrija River, a confluence of the Suratá River and the Río de Oro, [5] [6] flows northward through the municipalities Girón, capital of Santander Bucaramanga, Lebrija and Sabana de Torres to flow into the Magdalena River ...
Endemic fauna of Guatemala (107 P) V. Vertebrates of Guatemala (4 C, 8 P) Pages in category "Fauna of Guatemala" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of ...
Guatemalan black howler. According to Parkswatch and the IUCN, [1] Guatemala is considered the fifth biodiversity hotspot in the world. [2] [3] The country has 14 ecoregions ranging from mangrove forest (4 species), in both ocean littorals, dry forests and scrublands in the eastern highlands, subtropical and tropical rain forests, wetlands, cloud forests in the Verapaz region, mixed forests ...
The ecoregion has a tropical savanna climate that grades into a tropical monsoon climate in the Colombian Llanos. Rainfall is highly seasonal, with a rainy season from April to November, and a dry season between December and March.
Endemic flora of Guatemala (15 P) O. Orchids of Guatemala (40 P) T. Trees of Guatemala (96 P) Pages in category "Flora of Guatemala"
The biosphere reserve was created to protect the Montecristo cloud forest and its rare flora and fauna. [2] The dense cloud forest of oak and laurel trees, which grow up to 30 meters high, houses rare wildlife species like the two-fingered anteater, striped owls, toucans, agoutis, pumas, and spider monkeys.
It incorporated some established protected areas, including Trifinio Biosphere Reserve in Guatemala (221.79 km 2), which was established in 1987, [2] Montecristo Trifinio National Park in Honduras (82.15 km 2), was established in 1987, [4] and Montecristo National Park in El Salvador (19.73 km 2), which was established in 2008.
A tree savanna at Tarangire National Park in Tanzania in East Africa A grass savanna at Kruger National Park in South Africa. A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland-grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) biome and ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close.