Venezuelan Andes montane forests
| Venezuelan Andes montane forests (NT0175) | |
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| Ecology | |
| Realm | Neotropical |
| Biome | Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests |
| Geography | |
| Area | 29,526 km2 |
| Countries | Venezuela, Colombia |
| Coordinates | 9°21′25″N 70°14′13″W / 9.357°N 70.237°WCoordinates: 9°21′25″N 70°14′13″W / 9.357°N 70.237°W |
| Climate type | Cfb: warm temperate, fully humid, warm summer |
The Venezuelan Andes montane forests (NT0175) is an ecoregion in the northern arm of the Andes in Venezuela. It contains montane and cloud forests, reaching up to the high-level Cordillera de Merida páramo high moor ecoregion. The forests are home to many endemic species of flora and fauna. Their lower levels are threatened by migrant farmers, who clear patches of forest to grow crops, then move on.
The Venezuelan Andes montane forests ecoregion covers most of the Venezuelan states of Mérida and Trujillo, much the state of Táchira and the highlands of the states of Lara and Barinas. It includes a small area in Colombia. It covers the lower part of the Venezuelan extension of the Cordillera Occidental of the northern Andes. It has an area of 2,952,586 hectares (7,296,000 acres).
To the southeast it adjoins the Llanos and the Apure-Villavicencio dry forests, and to the southwest adjoins the Cordillera Oriental montane forests. To the northwest it adjoins the Catatumbo moist forests and the Maracaibo dry forests. To the north it merges into Paraguana xeric scrub and La Coast xeric shrublands. It contains areas of Cordillera de Merida páramo on the higher ground.
The Venezuelan Andes montane forests ecoregion contains the high altitude cloud forests of the Venezuelan Andean Cordillera, which reaches altitudes of 4,000–5,007 metres (13,123–16,427 ft).. This is a northeastern branch of the Andes that is separated from Colombia's Cordillera Oriental by the Táchira depression on the Venezuela–Colombia border. The ecoregion extends from the Táchira depression for about 450 kilometres (280 mi) in a northeast direction to the Barquisimeto depression. The ecoregion also includes the forests of the isolated Tamá Massif, which lies between the Colombian Andes and the Táchira depression.
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