[10] On the Caribbean coast just west of the Sierra de Perijá stands the isolated, triangular Santa Marta Massif, which rises abruptly from the coast to snowcapped peaks of 18,947 feet; geologically, however, the Santa Marta Massif is not part of the Andes. The Cordillera de Merida páramo is to the south of the Lake Maracaibo in the Cordillera de Mérida massif of northeastern Venezuela. [14], The World Wildlife Fund gives the ecoregion the status "Relatively Stable/Intact". [12] From the Piedras Blancas páramo the land descends to the Mucuchíes páramo at 4,077 metres (13,376 ft), then continues to gradually descend towards the northeast. [3], The Köppen climate classification is "ETH": Alpine tundra, with no month with an average temperature in excess of 10 °C (50 °F). [8], The Andes began to rise in the Miocene epoch, but in the north did not reach their present height until the Pliocene during a period of strong volcanic activity between four and five million years ago. A mountain range of western Venezuela extending northeast and southwest. The Cordillera de Merida páramo (NT1004) is an ecoregion containing páramo (high moorland) vegetation above the treeline in the Andes mountain range of Venezuela. It is surrounded by the Venezuelan Andes montane forests ecoregion. The ecoregion is part of the Northern Andean Paramo global ecoregion, which also includes the Cordillera Central páramo, Santa Marta páramo and Northern Andean páramo terrestrial ecoregions. The ecoregion mostly consists of dry páramo habitat, with high-altitude tussock grass, stands of dwarf bamboo and open meadows There is a high level of local endemism, particularly on the more isolated peaks. The dominant winds blow northwest from the Amazon region, with a rainy season from around March to November. [4][5] A mountain range of western Venezuela extending northeast and southwest. Above 4,000 metres (13,000 ft) the páramos are replaced by a periglacial zone with very little vegetation, mostly lichens, mosses and some dwarf plants. [2], Páramos in the southwest of the Cordillera de Merida include Batalló at 3,913 metres (12,838 ft) above sea level and Nariño at 3,517 metres (11,539 ft). [1] Protected areas include the Guaramacal National Park. Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary, the webmaster's page for free fun content, Cordillera Highland Agricultural Resource Management, Cordillera Women Education and Research Center. https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Cordillera+de+M%c3%a9rida. There are also some marshes and bogs, although less than in the wet páramo. A mountain range of western Venezuela extending northeast and southwest. During the later parts of the Quaternary epoch a series of short, cold and dry glacial periods alternated with warmer and more humid interglacial periods. It is relatively stable and intact. The most important Carabid tribes in terms of numbers of species and of individuals belong to the genera Dyscolus and Bembidion. [1] [1], Redonda chiquinquirana, a butterfly whose females have limited ability to fly, is endemic to the ecoregion. The páramo belts moved lower and joined together in the cold periods, and moved higher into unconnected enclaves when the temperatures rose. [1] It has an area of 284,898 hectares (704,000 acres). It is relatively stable and intact. Where the Northern Andean páramo is generally humid throughout the year with moisture delivered in the form of rain, clouds and fog as air masses are lifted up over the mountains, the Cordillera de Merida páramo is similar to the Costa Rican páramo and Santa Marta páramo, where the trade winds create a distinct dry season. Die Cordillera de Mérida (dt. No flora or fauna are found above around 4,850 metres (15,910 ft). En Venezuela se distribuye a lo largo de la Cordillera de Mérida (Estados Lara, Portuguesa, Trujillo, Mérida, Barinas y Apure), Sierra de Perijá (Edo. : Kordillere von Mérida) umfasst eine Reihe von Berggipfeln und -massiven im Nordwesten Venezuelas.Die Cordillera de Mérida ist ein nordöstlicher Ausläufer der Anden.Sie breitet sich an der südwestlichen Grenze Venezuelas mit Kolumbien (Kolumbiens nordöstliche Grenze), bis zur Küste Venezuelas aus. The range is probably where most of the páramo flora of tropical origin developed, then migrated south into Colombia during cold glacial periods. [6] Endangered amphibians include the Mucubaji stubfoot toad (Atelopus mucubajiensis) and Tamá harlequin frog (Atelopus tamaense). The Sierra La Culata National Park and Sierra Nevada National Park protect the Ruta de los Páramos, a tourist route through the central páramos. The Cordillera de Mérida is the oldest part of the northern Andes, and has a large connected corridor of páramo. Zulia) y Macizo de El Tamá (Edo. [15] [16], "La Sierra de Santo Domingo: "Biogeographic reconstructions for the Quaternary of a former snowy mountain range, Northern South America: Western Venezuela (NT1005) – WWF, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cordillera_de_Merida_páramo&oldid=980182974, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 25 September 2020, at 02:41.

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