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mountain ranges with extremely steep topography. It contains the El Tamá páramos (high moors) at an elevation of 3,320 metres (10,890 ft), Cerro El Cobre at 3,613 metres (11,854 ft) and Cerro Judío at 3,372 metres (11,063 ft). The mountains are mainly of limestone or sandstone rock,
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ecoregion, which also covers the
Venezuelan Andean cordillera. The vegetation between 800 and 1,800 metres (2,600 and 5,900 ft) is dense evergreen rainforest of medium height with two or three arboreal strata. There is a well-developed understory and many
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basin. Elevations range from 320 to 3,329 metres (1,050 to 10,922 ft). Average annual temperature is 25 °C (77 °F). Average annual rainfall is 2,300 millimetres (91 in). The
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Venezuela protect parts of the Tamá Massif. The two parks together form a protected area of 1,390 km (540 sq mi).
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Tamá has four types of natural environments: tropical rainforest, sub-Andean forest, Andean forest and
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Naturaleza y
Ciencia del Parque Nacional Natural Tamá
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610:Parques y Monumentos Nacionales de Venezuela
655:La Marca, E.; García-Pérez, J.E. (2004), "
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508:El Tamá – Parques Nacionales de Venezuela
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556:La Marca, Ardila-Robayo & Rueda 2004
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202:(high moors) at the highest levels.
662:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
630:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
464:El Tamá – Ministry ... Ecosocialism
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210:The Tamá is a prolongation of the
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544:La Marca & García-Pérez 2004
289:Venezuelan Andes montane forests
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766:Mountain ranges of Venezuela
761:Mountain ranges of the Andes
710:Parque Nacional Natural Tamá
520:Parque Nacional Natural Tamá
250:The Tamá massif is a set of
771:Mountain ranges of Colombia
393:wood sprite gracile opossum
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578:, WWF: World Wildlife Fund
401:Luis Manuel's tailless bat
236:Tamá National Natural Park
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240:El Tamá National Park
149:Location in Venezuela
359:Mammals include the
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238:in Colombia and the
216:Cordillera de Mérida
192:evergreen rainforest
30:El Tamá viewed from
625:Gastrotheca helenae
572:Bonaccorso, Elise,
433:Tamá harlequin frog
212:Cordillera Oriental
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738:on 3 December 2012
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279:Environment
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143:Tamá Massif
98:Native name
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55:Coordinates
19:Tamá Massif
755:Categories
616:2017-04-21
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582:2017-04-18
481:Bonaccorso
335:Pinguicula
317:Castilleja
68:72°17′35″W
606:"El Tamá"
353:Vaccinium
311:Oreobulus
305:Jamesonia
294:epiphytes
265:Quinimarí
246:Geography
230:with the
118:Geography
65:7°25′37″N
45:Elevation
381:anteater
323:Gentiana
206:Location
742:10 July
721:10 July
700:10 July
591:El Tamá
565:Sources
441:endemic
329:Halenia
232:Orinoco
222:by the
218:in the
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180:Spanish
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285:páramo
269:Sarare
261:Carapo
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93:Naming
447:Notes
369:tapir
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671:IUCN
667:2004
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