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The southern region of the dry puna encompasses an even drier puna known as the desert puna. In the desert puna the average rainfall ranges from only 51–406 mm. The desert puna is dominated by the huge salt lakes and is known for the scattered halophytes around and in the depressions. [3] These salt lakes are home to the endemic Andean flamingo.
The high Andean puna lies between 4,200 and 5,000 metres (13,800 and 16,400 ft). Nightly freezes occur throughout the year and annual precipitation is less than 700 millimetres (28 in), falling mainly as snow and hail. [1] The wet puna is located in the altiplano at elevations between 3,700 and 4,200 metres (12,100 and 13,800 ft). It is wetter ...
The Central Andean puna is a montane grasslands and shrublands ecoregion in the Andes of southern Peru, Bolivia, and northern Chile and Argentina. [2] [3] Setting.
Central Andean dry puna is home to Polylepis species, including the Polylepis tarapacana, which is the woody plant that grows at the highest elevations in the world. [ 1 ] The genera Menonvillea , Nototriche , Pycnophyllum , and Werneria are characteristic of the dry puna.
The Puna de Atacama or Atacama Plateau [1] is an arid high plateau, in the Andes of northern Chile (15%) and northwest of Argentina (85%). [2] Geomorphologist Walther Penck based his Grossfalt landform association on Puna de Atacama.
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Puna is one of the 9 districts of Hawaii County on the Island of Hawaiʻi (Big Island; County of Hawaiʻi). It is located on the windward side (east side) of the island and shares borders with South Hilo district in the north and Kaʻū district in the west. [ 1 ]
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