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Monte Gordo, Cape Verde
Monte Gordo is a mountain on the island of São Nicolau, Cape Verde. At 1,312 m elevation, it is the island's highest point. It is situated in the western part of the island, 6 km west of the island capital Ribeira Brava. The mountain is of volcanic origin, less than 1 million years old. The boundary of the municipalities Tarrafal de São Nicolau and Ribeira Brava runs over the mountain. It is part of the ''Monte Gordo Natural Park''. Monte Gordo Natural Park The ''Monte Gordo Natural Park'' (Portuguese: ''Parque Natural de Monte Gordo'')) has been created to protect the typical humid mountain ecosystem. It was established on February 24, 2003, and is category V by the IUCN, The park area is 9.52 km2.Resolução nº 36/2016 Estratégia e Plano Nacional de Negócios das Áreas Protegidas It is one of the few ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Mountains In Cape Verde
This is a list of mountains in Cabo Verde: List See also *Lists of mountains by region *Geography of Cape Verde Notes External links * {{Cape Verde topics Mountains of Cape Verde, * Lists of mountains by country, Cape Verde Lists of landforms of Cape Verde, Mountains Lists of mountains of Africa, Cape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonchus Daltonii
''Sonchus daltonii'' is a species of flowering plants of the family Asteraceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde.Oromí, Martín, Zurita & Cabrera, 2005 : Lista preliminar de especies silvestres de Cabo Verde: Hongos, Plantas y Animales Terrestres.' Gobierno de Canarias, Consejería de Medio Ambiente y Ordenación Territorial, p. 41 It is listed as endangered by the IUCN. The genus was named by Philip Barker Webb in 1849. Its local name is ''coroa-de-rei'' ("king's crown"). Distribution and ecology ''Sonchus daltonii'' occurs on the Capeverdean islands of Santo Antão, São Vicente, São Nicolau, Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile (), is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is located in the country's central valley and is the center of the Santiago Metropolitan Regi ... and Fogo. It grows in humid and sub-humid zones, mainly between 800 and 1,800 metres elevation. It is used for graz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountains Of Cape Verde
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher than a hill, typically rising at least above the surrounding land. A few mountains are inselberg, isolated summits, but most occur in mountain ranges. mountain formation, Mountains are formed through tectonic plate, tectonic forces, erosion, or volcanism, which act on time scales of up to tens of millions of years. Once mountain building ceases, mountains are slowly leveled through the action of weathering, through Slump (geology), slumping and other forms of mass wasting, as well as through erosion by rivers and glaciers. High elevations on mountains produce Alpine climate, colder climates than at sea level at similar latitude. These colder climates strongly affect the Montane ecosystems, ecosystems of mountains: different elevations hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BirdLife International
BirdLife International is a global partnership of non-governmental organizations that strives to conserve birds and their habitats. BirdLife International's priorities include preventing extinction of bird species, identifying and safeguarding important sites for birds, maintaining and restoring key bird habitats, and empowering conservationists worldwide. It has a membership of more than 2.5 million people across List of BirdLife International national partner organisations, 116 country partner organizations, including the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, the Wild Bird Society of Japan, the National Audubon Society, and American Bird Conservancy. BirdLife International has identified 13,000 Important Bird Area, Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas and is the official International Union for Conservation of Nature's IUCN Red List, Red List authority for birds. BirdLife International has established that 1,375 bird species (13% of the total) are threatened with extinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Important Bird Area
An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations. IBA was developed and sites are identified by BirdLife International. There are over 13,000 IBAs worldwide. These sites are small enough to be entirely conserved and differ in their character, habitat or ornithological importance from the surrounding habitat. In the United States the program is administered by the National Audubon Society. Often IBAs form part of a country's existing protected area network, and so are protected under national legislation. Legal recognition and protection of IBAs that are not within existing protected areas varies within different countries. Some countries have a National IBA Conservation Strategy, whereas in others protection is completely lacking. History In 1985, following a specific request from the European Economic Community, Birdlife International dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Verde Warbler
The Cape Verde warbler (''Acrocephalus brevipennis'') is an Old World warbler in the genus '' Acrocephalus''. It is also known as the Cape Verde cane warbler or Cape Verde swamp warbler, and in Creole as ''tchota-de-cana'' or ''chincherote'' (also ''tchintchirote''). It breeds on Santiago, Fogo, and São Nicolau in the Cape Verde Islands. It previously bred on Brava. This species is found in well-vegetated valleys, avoiding drier areas. It nests in reedbeds, two to three eggs being laid in a suspended nest. Description This is a medium-sized warbler, larger than the Eurasian reed warbler. It resembles that bird in appearance, grey-brown above, greyish-white below, with no obvious markings. The geographical isolation of the bird on the Cape Verde Islands prevents confusion with other similar species. The song is a distinctive liquid bubbling, like that of a bulbul. Distribution and habitat At one time it was thought that the Cape Verde warbler was restricted to the island of S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Verde Wall Gecko
Cape Verde wall gecko, also Santo Antão wall gecko, (''Tarentola caboverdiana'') is a species of geckos in the family Phyllodactylidae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde, where it occurs in the island of Santo Antão. The species was named by Hans Hermann Schleich in 1984. The specific name Specific name may refer to: * in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules: * Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ... ''caboverdiana'' refers to Cape Verde, the type locality. This species activity pattern is strictly nocturnal in their habitat. Taxonomy The former subspecies '' Tarentola caboverdiana substituta'', '' Tarentola caboverdiana nicolauensis'' and '' Tarentola caboverdiana raziana'' have been elevated to separate species status by Vasconcelos, Perera, Geniez, Harris & Carranza in 2012.Vasconcelos, Perera, Geniez, Harris & Carranza, An integrat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chioninia Nicolauensis
''Chioninia nicolauensis'' (English: São Nicolau skink) is a species of skinks in the family Scincidae. It is endemic to the Cape Verde Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country and archipelagic state of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about . These islands ... island of São Nicolau. Until around 2010, it was treated as a subspecies of '' Chioninia fogoensis''. References Further reading *Schleich, Herpetofauna caboverdiana' (''Cape Verdean Herpetofauna''). Spixiana Supplement (1987), vol. 12, p. 1-75 nicolauensis Endemic vertebrates of Cape Verde Fauna of Fogo, Cape Verde Fauna of São Nicolau, Cape Verde Reptiles described in 1987 Taxa named by Hans Hermann Schleich {{Lygosominae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campanula Jacobaea
''Campanula jacobaea'' is a species of flowering plants of the Campanulaceae family. The species is endemic to Cape Verde and is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN. Its local name is ''contra-bruxas-azul'' ("blue against witches"). The plant is used in traditional medicine. ''Campanula jacobaea'' is shown on a Cape Verdean $5 escudo coin issued in 1994. Distribution and ecology ''Campanula jacobaea'' are founded in the islands of Santo Antão, São Vicente, São Nicolau and Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile (), is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is located in the country's central valley and is the center of the Santiago Metropolitan Regi .... The main altitudinal distribution is between 600 m and 1000 m. The plant is a mesophytic species, found in humid and sub-humid areas. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q2935462 jacobaea Endemic flora of Cape Verde Flora of Santo Antão, Cape Verde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aeonium Gorgoneum
''Aeonium gorgoneum'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde. It was first described by Johann Anton Schmidt in 1852. Its local name is ''saião''. The plant plays a role in traditional medicine for the treatment of coughs. Description The plant is a perennial shrub and grows up to about tall. Its chromosome number is 2n=36. Tropicos, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis Distribution and ecology ''Aeonium gorgoneum'' is found on the islands of Santo Antão, São Vicente and[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Echium Stenosiphon
''Echium stenosiphon'' is a plant species of the family Boraginaceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country and archipelagic state of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about . These islands ....Oromí, Martín, Zurita & Cabrera, 2005 : Lista preliminar de especies silvestres de Cabo Verde: Hongos, Plantas y Animales Terrestres.' Gobierno de Canarias, Consejería de Medio Ambiente y Ordenación Territorial, p. 41 Its local name is ''língua-de-vaca'' (cow tongue), a name that may also refer to the related species '' Echium vulcanorum'' and '' Echium hypertropicum''. The plant is used in traditional medicinal for a cough syrup. Distribution and ecology ''Echium stenosiphon'' occurs in the Barlavento islands of Santo Antão, São Nicolau, São Vicente and Santa Luzia. It mainly occurs in the subhumid and humid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
