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Ptari-tepui, also spelled Pu-tari and sometimes called Cerro Budare or Cerro del Budare, is a
La Sierra de Lema: una bisagra de vida
''Río Verde'' 7: 73–86. it has a maximum elevation of around
Pteridophyta: Ptari-tepuí
p. 729–741In: J.A. Steyermark ''et al.'
Botanical exploration in Venezuela -- 4
''Fieldiana: Botany'' 28(4): 679–1225. * Spangler, P.J. (1981). New and interesting water beetles from Mt. Roraima and Ptari‐tepui, Venezuela (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae and Hydrophilidae). ''Aquatic Insects: International Journal of Freshwater Entomology'' 3(1): 1–11. {{Tepuis , Venezuela Tepuis of Venezuela Mountains of Venezuela Mountains of Bolívar (state)
tepui
A tepui , or tepuy (), is a table-top mountain or mesa found in South America, especially in Venezuela and western Guyana. The word tepui means "house of the gods" in the native tongue of the Pemon, the indigenous people who inhabit the Gran S ...
in Bolívar state, Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
. Lying near the centre of the Sierra de Lema
The Sierra de Lema is an upland mountain range area with tepuis, located in Bolívar state of southeastern Venezuela.
The names Sierra Rinocote and Sierra Usupamo have historically been applied to its eastern and western portions, respectivel ...
, Brewer-Carías, C. (2012)La Sierra de Lema: una bisagra de vida
''Río Verde'' 7: 73–86. it has a maximum elevation of around
above sea level
Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''.
The comb ...
. Its mostly bare summit plateau has an area of . Though generally flat, distinctive erosion
Erosion is the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust, and then transports it to another location where it is deposited. Erosion is distin ...
al rock formations are found on the more dissected
Dissection (from Latin ' "to cut to pieces"; also called anatomization) is the dismembering of the body of a deceased animal or plant to study its anatomical structure. Autopsy is used in pathology and forensic medicine to determine the cause ...
eastern edge of the summit.Huber, O. (1995). Geographical and physical features. In: P.E. Berry, B.K. Holst & K. Yatskievych (eds.) '' Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Volume 1. Introduction.'' Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. pp. 1–61.
Description
Ptari-tepui gives its name to the Ptari Massif, which also includesCarrao-tepui
Carrao-tepui, also spelled Karrao, is a tepui in Bolívar state, Venezuela.Huber, O. (1995). Geographical and physical features. In: P.E. Berry, B.K. Holst & K. Yatskievych (eds.) '' Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Volume 1. Introduction.'' Miss ...
to the northeast and a long ridge known as Sororopán-tepui
Sororopán-tepui is a long ridge in Bolívar state, Venezuela.Huber, O. (1995). Geographical and physical features. In: P.E. Berry, B.K. Holst & K. Yatskievych (eds.) '' Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Volume 1. Introduction.'' Missouri Botanic ...
to the southeast. As a whole, the massif has a summit area of around and an estimated slope area of (Carrao and Ptari together contributing and Sororopán, which is derived from a separate basement, a further ). The massif is situated entirely within the bounds of Canaima National Park
Canaima National Park ( es, Parque Nacional Canaima) is a park in south-eastern Venezuela that roughly occupies the same area as the Gran Sabana region. It is located in Bolívar State, reaching the borders with Brazil and Guyana.
History
Ca ...
. Torres, I.N. & D.D. Martín (November 2007). Mejorando Nuestra Herencia.
Ptari-tepui is a prime example of the classic tepui shape, having an almost perfectly flat-topped summit and near-vertical walls. This characteristic profile is said to recall the shape of a ''budare'', a type of griddle used for making cassava bread
Tapioca (; ) is a starch extracted from the storage roots of the cassava plant (''Manihot esculenta,'' also known as manioc), a species native to the North and Northeast regions of Brazil, but whose use is now spread throughout South America. ...
, and is the source of its Pemón-derived name. For this reason it is also sometimes known as Cerro Budare or Cerro del Budare.
See also
* Gran Sabana * Distribution of ''Heliamphora''References
Further reading
* Hudec, I. (1998). Anomopoda (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) from some Venezuelan tepuis. ''Hydrobiologia'' 377(1–3): 205–211. * Morton, C.V. (1957)Pteridophyta: Ptari-tepuí
p. 729–741In: J.A. Steyermark ''et al.'
Botanical exploration in Venezuela -- 4
''Fieldiana: Botany'' 28(4): 679–1225. * Spangler, P.J. (1981). New and interesting water beetles from Mt. Roraima and Ptari‐tepui, Venezuela (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae and Hydrophilidae). ''Aquatic Insects: International Journal of Freshwater Entomology'' 3(1): 1–11. {{Tepuis , Venezuela Tepuis of Venezuela Mountains of Venezuela Mountains of Bolívar (state)