Parima Tapirapecó National Park (''Parque Nacional Parima Tapirapecó'') is a
Venezuela
Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...
n
national park
A national park is a nature park designated for conservation (ethic), conservation purposes because of unparalleled national natural, historic, or cultural significance. It is an area of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that is protecte ...
in the southern state of
Amazonas.
Location
The Parima Tapirapecó National Park is in the
Atabapo and
Río Negro municipalities. It is the 5th largest national park in the world and the 2nd largest in South America.
Established in August 1991, it has an area of 38,290 km
2 (15,000 mile²), and is the largest national park in Venezuela. The area protects the headwaters of the
Orinoco
The Orinoco () is one of the longest rivers in South America at . Its drainage basin, sometimes known as the Orinoquia, covers approximately 1 million km2, with 65% of it in Venezuela and 35% in Colombia. It is the List of rivers by discharge, f ...
, likewise the natural space and culture of the
Yanomami
The Yanomami, also spelled Yąnomamö or Yanomama, are a group of approximately 35,000 indigenous people of the Americas, indigenous people who live in some 200–250 villages in the Amazon rainforest on the border between Venezuela and Brazil. ...
ethnic group.
[Huber, Otto (2001), "Conservation and environmental concerns in the Venezuelan Amazon", ''Biodiversity and Conservation'' 10(10), 1627-1643. p1634]
Environment
The park is in the
Guayanan Highlands moist forests ecoregion.
"The main types of vegetation in Parima-Tapirapecó National Park are evergreen lowland forests and submontane and montane forests. There are also large areas of mostly secondary savannas in the southern
Parima uplands."
See also
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List of national parks of Venezuela
The national parks of Venezuela are protected areas in Venezuela covering a wide range of habitats. In 2007 there were 43 national parks, covering 21.76% of Venezuela's territory.
Statistics
Every States of Venezuela, Venezuela state has one or ...
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Serra do Aracá State Park
References
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National parks of Venezuela
Guayana Highlands
Geography of Amazonas (Venezuelan state)
Protected areas established in 1991
1991 establishments in Venezuela
Tourist attractions in Amazonas (Venezuelan state)