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Cordillera de Merida páramo (NT1005)

 

Cordillera de Merida páramo
Venezuela
Photograph by Cayrn Ernst


 

Where
Northern South America: Western Venezuela
Biome
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands

  Size
1,100 square miles (2,800 square kilometers) -- about the size of Rhode Island
Relatively Stable/Intact
 
 

· Location and General Description
· Biodiversity Features
· Current Status
· Threats
· Ecoregion Justification
· References
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Location and General Description

Biodiversity Features

Current Status

Types and Severity of Threats

Justification of Ecoregion Delineation

References


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