Sierra La Culata National Park Explained

Sierra La Culata National Park
Parque nacional Sierra de La Culata
Iucn Category:II
Map:Venezuela
Relief:1
Map Width:240
Coordinates:8.8°N -128°W
Area Km2:2004

The Sierra La Culata National Park[1] (Spanish; Castilian: Parque nacional Sierra de La Culata)[2] Also Sierra de la Culata National Park is a national park[3] of Venezuela[4] that is located in the northeastern branch of the Venezuelan Andes,[5] in the states Mérida and Trujillo. It was decreed a national park on December 7, 1989. It has a high mountain climate, with temperatures ranging between -2C24C, and its surface area is 200400ha.

The vegetation is characterized by the presence of numerous species of frailejones, shrubs such as ericaceae and melastomataceae; ferns and numerous mosses, liver lichens and fungi. The tree of the zone is the Coloradito.

This park houses species such as the Jaguar, the Spectacled bear, the Armadillo, the Loach, the Andean condor, and amphibians such as the nurse frog (sapito niñera).

Within the park are at least one endemic species of brachythermal butterfly (Round empetrus).

Gallery

File:Sierra de La Culata nevada.jpg|Snow File:Páramo de Mucubají.jpg| Mucubají paramoFile:Laguna Las Iglesias.jpg|Las Iglesias LagoonFile:Detrás de una gran flor siempre hay un gran paisaje.jpg|View of the SierraFile:Familia equina.jpg|Horses in the parkFile:VIsta de la Laguna la Calzona llegando por el paramo los torres.jpg|La Calzona LagoonFile:Valle El Muerto.jpg| El Muerto ValleyFile:Valle de Mifafí 4.jpg|Mifafí ValleyFile:Valle de las Cascadas.jpg|Las Cascadas ValleyFile:Picos en la culata.jpg|Mountains in the Park

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.venelogia.com/archivos/8358/ Parque Nacional Sierra de La Culata (Mérida, Trujillo)
  2. Book: Revista forestal venezolana. 2002-01-01. Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales.. es.
  3. Book: Memoria y cuenta. 1997-01-01. Ministerio del Ambiente y de los Recursos Naturales Renovables.. es.
  4. Book: Revista geográfica venezolana: revista del Instituto de Geografía y Conservación de Recursos Naturales de la Facultad de Ciencias Forestales. 2001-01-01. Universidad de los Andes. es.
  5. Book: Palmerlee, Danny. South America on a Shoestring. 2007-01-01. Lonely Planet. 9781741044430. en.

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