Mount Roraima (Spanish: Monte Roraima; Tepuy Roraima; Cerro Roraima; Portuguese: Monte Roraima) is the highest of the Pacaraima chain of tepuis (table-top...
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Roraima (Brazilian Portuguese: [ʁoˈɾajmɐ] or [ʁoˈɾɐ̃jmɐ]) is one of the 26 states of Brazil. Located in the country's North Region, it is the northernmost...
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animal species. Notable tepuis include Auyantepui, Autana, Neblina, and Mount Roraima. They are typically composed of sheer blocks of Precambrian quartz arenite...
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Gran Sabana (section Mount Roraima)
Falls Gran Sabana Tepui at sunset Mount Roraima from Tëk River Camp Blue Rock, the highest point of Mount Roraima Upper Falls Aponwao "La Gran Sabana"...
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Oreophrynella quelchii (redirect from Sapito Rugoso Del Roraima)
Bufonidae. This species is restricted to the transboundary summit of Mount Roraima in Venezuela, Guyana and Brazil, and to the nearby Wei-Assipu-tepui...
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world, at 979 metres (3,212 ft). The most famous tepuis in the park are Mount Roraima, the tallest and easiest to climb, and Auyantepui, the site of Angel...
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located near Mount Roraima, which serves as the geographical marker of the border between Brazil, Venezuela, and Guyana. Mount Roraima also hosts its...
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countries join at a single point. A few of the triple points are notable: Mount Roraima: The tripoint of Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela. The marker was established...
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southeast, is Mount Roraima, a better known tepui. Kukenán is more difficult to climb, so it is ascended much less frequently than Mount Roraima. Canaima National...
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described a tepuy (table top mountain). He saw and recorded the largest, Mount Roraima, its 31 km2 summit area: 156 bounded on all sides by cliffs rising...
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Guyana's highest mountains are Mount Ayanganna (2,042 m or 6,699 ft), Monte Caburaí (1,465 m or 4,806 ft) and Mount Roraima (2,772 m or 9,094 ft – the highest...
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state of Roraima, northern Brazil. It includes the Brazilian section of Mount Roraima, and other mountains along the borders with Venezuela and Guyana, and...
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Pacaraima Mountains (category Landforms of Roraima)
west to east for over 800 kilometres (500 mi). Its highest peak is Mount Roraima at 2,810 metres (9,220 ft) above sea level, a tepui surrounded by cliffs...
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found some of the oldest sedimentary rocks in the Western Hemisphere. Mount Roraima, on the Venezuelan border, is part of the Pakaraima range and, at 2...
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tripoint of Venezuela (foreground), Brazil, and Guyana located on Mount Roraima 3rd peak of Mount Sabyinyo, tripoint of Uganda, Rwanda, and DRC Ceremonial marker...
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is expected to be found in the nearby Brazil. Its type locality is Mount Roraima. It mainly inhabits large bromeliads in tepui scrub and high-tepui meadows...
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Guyanese part of Mount Roraima is in a disputed region claimed by Venezuela. Therefore, Venezuela does not recognize Mount Roraima as the highest point...
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Some of the most outstanding tepuis are Neblina, Autana, Auyan and Mount Roraima. They are typically composed of sheer blocks of Precambrian quartz arenite...
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Mount Ayanganna is a sandstone tepui in the Pakaraima Mountains of western Guyana, and located 85 kilometres (53 mi) east of Mount Roraima. With a height...
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known species. Heliamphora nutans was originally discovered in 1839 on Mount Roraima by the two brothers Robert and Richard Schomburgk, although they did...
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highest plateaus exceed 2,000 metres or 6,600 feet. The highest point is Mount Roraima (2,875 metres or 9,432 feet), located in the Pacaraima Range, which...
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Colombia. Tripoint between Brazil, Venezuela and Guyana located on Mount Roraima. Due to the Guyana–Venezuela territorial dispute, Venezuela does not...
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basins up to the Brazil-Guyana-Venezuela border tripoint on top of Mount Roraima, thus covering a total of 2,199 kilometres (of which 90 km are conventional...
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Maverick or simply El Maverick) is a natural rock formation on top of Mount Roraima. It is the highest point of that tabletop mountain (a tepui), at 2,810...
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Guiana Shield (category Geography of Roraima)
North America Caribbean South America – Subregion of South America Mount Roraima – Mountain in Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela Pico da Neblina – Highest...
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December 1884 he led the first successful expedition to the summit of Mount Roraima, in Venezuela's Gran Sabana region, along with Harry Perkins, an Assistant...
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1992. Roraima Airways was founded in 1992 to serve tourists to get them around Guyana to destinations like Kaieteur Falls, and also Mount Roraima. All...
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"tree of the world", which he cuts down and the resulting stump becomes Mount Roraima. The falling of the tree caused a great cataclysm, with floods and fire...
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Island Galapagos Islands, Ecuador Los Roques archipelago, Venezuela Mount Roraima (surrounding Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana) Tayrona National Natural...
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elevation refers to the border tripoint, which is the highest point on Mt. Roraima that is at least partially in Brazilian territory. The actual summit is...
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