Central Andean wet puna information

The Central Andean wet puna is a montane grasslands and shrublands ecoregion in the Andes of Peru and Bolivia. This ecoregion occurs above 3,500 metres...

plateaus, and valleys. It transitions to the Central Andean wet puna to the north and the Central Andean dry puna to the south. Elevations range from 3,200...

home to the endemic Andean flamingo. The World Wildlife fund defines three distinct puna sub-ecoregions: NT1003 Central Andean wet puna (Bolivia, Peru) –...

The Central Andean dry puna (NT1001) is an ecoregion in the montane grasslands and shrublands biome, located in the Andean Altiplano (high plateau) in...

elevation (montane and alpine) grasslands and shrublands, including the puna and páramo in South America, subalpine heath in New Guinea and East Africa...

the Southwest Amazon moist forests to the northeast and the Central Andean puna and wet puna to the southwest. The climate in this ecoregion varies from...

forests Montane grasslands and shrublands Central Andean dry puna Central Andean puna Central Andean wet puna Deserts and xeric shrublands Atacama Desert...

Ucayali moist forests at lower elevations to the east and the Central Andean puna and wet puna at higher elevations to the west. The climate in this ecoregion...

and Central Andean wet puna ecoregions. Beyond its historical significance, Machu Picchu houses a diverse range of species. Among them are the Andean fox...

shrublands Borders List Atacama Desert Central Andean dry puna Central Andean puna Central Andean wet puna Cordillera Central páramo Peruvian Yungas Tumbes–Piura...

ecosystems and landscapes of the Titicaca lake and surrounding Central Andean wet puna ecoregion. Iperu, tourist information and assistance Tourism in...

larger area. The vegetated areas of the range are part of the Central Andean wet puna ecoregion. The area is scarcely populated, containing only small...

areas of the ecoregion are found in contact with the Central Andean dry puna, Central Andean wet puna and Bolivian Yungas. The terrain is rugged, with cliffs...

one of the eight terrestrial realms. This realm includes South America, Central America, the Caribbean islands, and southern North America. In Mexico,...

Peruvian Yungas (Peru) Cordillera Central páramo (Peru) Central Andean wet puna (Bolivia, Peru) Central Andean puna (Bolivia, Peru) Bolivian Yungas (Bolivia...

Aymara origin. The park protects part of the Central Andean wet puna ecoregion. It is also the home of the Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus) (reportedly the largest...

The Andes (/ˈændiːz/ AN-deez), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (Spanish: Cordillera de los Andes; Quechua: Anti) are the longest continental mountain...

subspecies to the Andean flicker: the nominate C. r. rupicola (D'Orbigny, 1840), C. r. cinereicapillus (Reichenbach, 1854), and C. r. puna (Cabanis, 1883)...

forests Tumbes–Piura dry forests Central Andean dry puna Central Andean puna Central Andean wet puna Cordillera Central páramo Atacama desert Sechura desert...

forests Beni savanna Cerrado Pantanal Central Andean dry puna Central Andean puna Central Andean wet puna Dinerstein, Eric; David Olson; Douglas J. Graham; et...

Salar del Huasco include Andean avocets, Andean condors, Andean flamingos, Andean goose, Andean gulls, Andean lapwings, Andean negritos, Baird's sandpipers...

underlies Cretaceous and Tertiary sediments. The Andean Central Volcanic Zone and the Altiplano–Puna volcanic complex are in the Cordillera Occidental...

Central Andean puna (Argentina, Bolivia, Peru) Central Andean wet puna (Bolivia, Peru) Cordillera Central páramo (Ecuador, Peru) Chilean Matorral (Chile)...

Above 3500 m is the alpine tundra climate ETH, identified with páramo and puna vegetation. This climate often has been called oceanic Cfb or mediterranean...

the wet season and dry season increases, yielding the transition from the páramo to the jalca vegetation and finally to the puna grassland. The Puna contains...