Sierra La Culata National Park

National Park in the Venezuelan Andes

8°48′N 70°58′W / 8.800°N 70.967°W / 8.800; -70.967Area2,004 km² (774 sq mi)EstablishedDecember 7, 1989; 34 years ago (1989-12-07)

The Sierra La Culata National Park^[1] (Spanish: Parque nacional Sierra de La Culata)^[2] Also Sierra de la Culata National Park is a national park^[3] of Venezuela^[4] that is located in the northeastern branch of the Venezuelan Andes,^[5] in the states Mérida and Trujillo. It was decreed a national park on December 7, 1989. It has a high mountain climate, with temperatures ranging between −2 and 24 °C (28 and 75 °F), and its surface area is 200,400 hectares (774 sq mi).

The vegetation is characterized by the presence of numerous species of frailejones, shrubs such as 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 Jaguar, the Spectacled bear, the Armadillo, the Loach, the Andean condor, and amphibians such as the nurse frog (sapito niñera).^{[clarification needed]}

Within the park are at least one endemic species of brachythermal butterfly (Round empetrus^{[check spelling]}).

Gallery

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

References

^ Parque Nacional Sierra de La Culata (Mérida, Trujillo)
^ Revista forestal venezolana (in Spanish). Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales. 2002-01-01.
^ Memoria y cuenta (in Spanish). Ministerio del Ambiente y de los Recursos Naturales Renovables. 1997-01-01.
^ Revista geográfica venezolana: revista del Instituto de Geografía y Conservación de Recursos Naturales de la Facultad de Ciencias Forestales (in Spanish). Universidad de los Andes. 2001-01-01.
^ Palmerlee, Danny (2007-01-01). South America on a Shoestring. Lonely Planet. ISBN 9781741044430.