tepui
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A tepui (), or tepuy (), is a member of a family of table-top mountains or mesas found in northern South America, especially in Venezuela, western Guyana, and northern Brazil. The word tepui means "house of the gods" in the native tongue of the Pemon, the indigenous people who inhabit the Gran Sabana.
Key facts
- Ecoregion.conservation
- Relatively stable/intact
- Ecoregion.name
- Tepui
- Ecoregion.image
- File:Kukenan Tepuy at Sunset.jpg
- Ecoregion.image_caption
- Kukenan tepui
- Ecoregion.map
- Ecoregion NT0169.png
- Ecoregion.map_caption
- Ecoregion territory (in purple)
- Ecoregion.biogeographic_realm
- Neotropical
- Ecoregion.biome
- tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
- Ecoregion.border
- Guianan Highlands moist forests
- Ecoregion.border1
- Guianan piedmont and lowland moist forests,
- Ecoregion.border2
- Guianan savanna
- Ecoregion.area
- 50,675
- Ecoregion.country
- Venezuela
- Ecoregion.country1
- Brazil
- Ecoregion.country3
- Guyana
- Ecoregion.country4
- Suriname
- Ecoregion.protected
- 37,658 km2 (74
- Ecoregion.protected_ref
- )
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- Kukenan Tepuy at Sunset.jpg
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- Tepuis
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- Morphology
- Flora and fauna
- Selected tepuis
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
A tepui (), or tepuy (), is a member of a family of table-top mountains or mesas found in northern South America, especially in Venezuela, western Guyana, and northern Brazil. The word tepui means "house of the gods" in the native tongue of the Pemon, the indigenous people who inhabit the Gran Sabana.
Tepuis tend to be found as isolated entities rather than in connected ranges, which makes them the host of a unique array of endemic plant and animal species. Notable tepuis include Auyantepui, Autana, Neblina, and Mount Roraima. They are typically composed of sheer blocks of Precambrian quartz arenite sandstone that rise abruptly from the jungle. Auyantepui is the source of Angel Falls, the world's tallest waterfall.