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701; vii, viii, ix, x (natural) The outstanding features of the national park are the tepui, table-top mountains or mesas that have been created through hundreds of millions of years of erosion. Due to isolation, the summits of the tepui are inhabited by numerous endemic animal and plant species.
Since Venezuela's diversity of flora and fauna is remarkable, the government also officially declared these national symbols: [2] The national flower is the orchid Cattleya mossiae, known as flor de Mayo ("May flower"). It was first discovered in the northern land in 1849 and was given the status of national flower on 23 May 1951.
National parks of Venezuela Number Image Date established Name Region State Type Area (km 2) 1: 2 February 1937: Henri Pittier: Central Region: Aragua Carabobo: Mountainous: 1,078.00 2: 2 May 1952: Sierra Nevada: Andean Region: Mérida Barinas: Mountainous: 2,764.46 3: 31 March 1958: Guatopo: Central Region: Miranda Guárico: Mountainous: 1,224 ...
Canaima, Venezuela Angel Falls is the highest waterfall in the world. Canaima National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Canaima) is a 30,000 km 2 (12,000 sq mi) park in south-eastern Venezuela that roughly occupies the same area as the Gran Sabana region. It is located in Bolívar State, reaching the borders with Brazil and Guyana.
Pages in category "Natural monuments of Venezuela" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
More than 100 butterfly species, approximately 120 mammal species, 20 amphibians, 30 reptiles and 500 bird species (36% of Venezuela avifauna) have been documented. Nine bird species are endemic to Venezuela and three threatened bird species live in this park; one of the most coloured bird specimen in this park is the querrequerre ( Cyanocorax ...
In the area of Rancho Grande from the way of Ocumare de la Costa to the Biological Station Dr. Alberto Fernández Yépez, administered by the Central University of Venezuela, where since the 1940 is supported studies of the flora and fauna and other natural resources of the park. The station receives researchers from all over Venezuela and ...
Venezuela hosts a total of 1,417 bird species, more than 351 mammals, 341 reptiles, 315 amphibians and more than 2,000 freshwater and marine fishes. [1] Invertebrates groups have not been inventoried exhaustively, but among the well known groups there are around 900 species of marine molluscs , 1,600 butterflies , over 120 dung beetles species ...