Llanos
Tropical grassland ecoregion in Colombia and Venezuela / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the grassland and savanna region in South America. For other uses, see Llanos (disambiguation).
The Llanos (Spanish Los Llanos, "The Plains"; Spanish pronunciation: [los ˈʝanos]) is a vast tropical grassland plain situated to the east of the Andes in Colombia and Venezuela, in northwestern South America. It is an ecoregion of the tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome.
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Ecology | |
Realm | Neotropical |
Biome | tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands |
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Geography | |
Area | 375,786 km2 (145,092 sq mi) |
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Conservation | |
Conservation status | Vulnerable |
Protected | 105,323 km² (28%)[1] |
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