National Geographic - UK (2022-04)

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MONTE RORAIMA N.P.

MONTE RORAIMA

NATIONAL PARK

Cerro

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Uaramapa-tepuí

Mt. Appokailang

Mt. Maringma

Cerro

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Mount Roraima

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Cerro

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Santa Elena

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Double Drop Falls

Sloth Camp

Double Drop Falls

Sloth Camp

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Just as flora and fauna evolved on remote islands across the

oceans, so too did plants and animals isolated on the summits

of tepuis, rock plateaus rising out of South American rainforests.

Slow weathering honed their sheer cliffs and hollowed valleys

between them. Scientists believe these sky islands each fostered

unique life-forms, separated by oceans of tropical lowlands.

MATTHEW W. CHWASTYK, NGM STAFF. TOMÁS MÜLLER

SOURCES: USGS; NASA/JPL; ESA; MERIT DEM

More than 65 percent of Canaima

National Park consists of tepuis.

The park was made a UNESCO

World Heritage site in 1994.

The Gran Sabana is a grass-

land region on the Guiana

Highlands. Forested valleys

weave through the plains.

SKY-HIGH ARCHIPELAGO