Sierra La Culata National Park
| Sierra La Culata National Park Parque nacional Sierra de La Culata |
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IUCN category II (national park)
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 Venezuela
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| Coordinates | 8°48′N 70°58′W / 8.800°N 70.967°WCoordinates: 8°48′N 70°58′W / 8.800°N 70.967°W |
| Area | 2,004 km2 (774 sq mi) |
| Established | December 7, 1989 |
The Sierra La Culata National Park (Spanish: Parque nacional Sierra de La Culata) Also Sierra de la Culata National Park Is a national park of Venezuela that is located in the nor-oriental branch of the Venezuelan Andes, in the states Mérida and Trujillo. It was decreed national park on December 7, 1989. It has a high mountain climate has temperatures ranging between -2 ° C and 24 ° C. Its surface is 200,400 hectares.
The vegetation is characterized by the presence of numerous species of frailejones; Shrubs such as composts, 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 lapa, the jaguar, the front-end bear, the cachicamo, the locha, the cuchi-cuchi, the condor of the Andes and amphibians as the babysitter.
Within the park are at least one endemic species of brachythermal butterfly (Round empetrus).
Snow
Mucubají paramo
Las Iglesias Lagoon
View of the Sierra
Horses in the park
La Calzona Lagoon
El Muerto Valley
Mifafí Valley
Las Cascadas Valley
Mountains in the Park
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