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1 national park – Anzoátegui, Aragua, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Federal Dependencies, Monagas, and Vargas. 18 national parks are over 1000 km 2; 15 over 2000 km 2; 5 over 5000 km 2 and 3 over 10,000 km 2. The largest parks, in the Guayana Region, are Parima Tapirapecó National Park (39,000 km 2) and Canaima National Park (30,000 km 2).
Canaima National Park: Bolívar: 1994 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.
There are 1,416 bird species in Venezuela, 45 of which are endemic. Forty-eight bird species that reside in Venezuela are considered threatened, and seven species have been introduced to the country. [7] Important birds include ibises, ospreys, kingfishers, [8] [9] and the yellow-orange Venezuelan troupial, the national bird.
Angel Falls is one of Venezuela's top tourist attractions, though a trip to the falls is a complicated affair. The falls are located in an isolated jungle. A flight from Maiquetia Airport, Puerto Ordaz , or Ciudad Bolívar is required to reach Canaima camp, the starting point for river trips to the base of the falls.
The San Esteban National Park (in Spanish Parque Nacional San Esteban) is located in Carabobo, Venezuela. The park lies on the Northeastern part of Carabobo and it links with the Henri Pittier National Park of Aragua. Both are natural reservation areas. The park was created in 1987 and it is 445 square kilometres.
Rock art found in southeastern Venezuela may have come from a previously unknown culture. Researchers believe that the roughly 4,000-year-old art signifies a central dispersion point from which ...
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.
The Sierra Nevada National Park (SNNP) is a National Park of Venezuela located between the states of Mérida and Barinas in western Venezuela. It was created on May 2, 1952, by decree of President Germán Suárez Flamerich in an attempt to protect the Sierra Nevada de Mérida in the Andes .