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    The Central Andean puna is a montane grasslands and shrublands ecoregion in the Andes of southern Peru, Bolivia, and northern Chile and Argentina. The...
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    The Central Andean dry puna (NT1001) is an ecoregion in the montane grasslands and shrublands biome, located in the Andean Altiplano (high plateau) in...
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    The Central Andean wet puna is a montane grasslands and shrublands ecoregion in the Andes of Peru and Bolivia. This ecoregion occurs above 3,500 metres...
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    Central Andean dry puna is a unique ecoregion with highly adapted flora and fauna. The southern region of the dry puna encompasses an even drier puna...
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    bounded by the Bolivian montane dry forests, and by the high-elevation Central Andean puna and High Monte grasslands to the west. This ecoregion has a subtropical...
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    the Southwest Amazon moist forests to the northeast and the Central Andean puna and wet puna to the southwest. The climate in this ecoregion varies from...
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    forests Montane grasslands and shrublands Central Andean dry puna Central Andean puna Central Andean wet puna Deserts and xeric shrublands Atacama Desert...
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    Ucayali moist forests at lower elevations to the east and the Central Andean puna and wet puna at higher elevations to the west. The climate in this ecoregion...
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    elevation (montane and alpine) grasslands and shrublands, including the puna and páramo in South America, subalpine heath in New Guinea and East Africa...
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    and High Monte to the east. To the north it transitions to the Central Andean dry puna and to the south the Patagonian steppe. This ecoregion has a cold...
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    Lauca National Park (category Central Andean dry puna)
    provides the main access to the park. The park lies within the Central Andean dry puna ecoregion. Several species of animals and plants can be found in...
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    shrublands Borders List Atacama Desert Central Andean dry puna Central Andean puna Central Andean wet puna Cordillera Central páramo Peruvian Yungas Tumbes–Piura...
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    Yungas, Ucayali moist forests, Sechura Desert and Central Andean wet puna. The Cordillera Central páramo begins at the treeline around 3,200 metres (10...
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  • Thumbnail for Altiplano–Puna volcanic complex
    Altiplano–Puna volcanic complex (Spanish: Complejo volcánico Altiplano-Puna), also known as APVC, is a complex of volcanic systems in the Puna of the Andes...
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    Andes (redirect from Andean)
    The Andes (/ˈændiːz/ AN-deez), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (Spanish: Cordillera de los Andes; Quechua: Anti) are the longest continental mountain...
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    (2008). "Field trip guide: Neogene evolution of the central Andean Puna plateau and southern Central Volcanic Zone". GSA Field Guide 13: Field Trip Guides...
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    Los Flamencos National Reserve (category Central Andean dry puna)
    covers a total area of 740 square kilometres (290 sq mi) in the Central Andean dry puna ecoregion and consists of seven separate sections. The reserve...
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    savanna, Southern Cone Mesopotamian savanna, Southern Andean Yungas, Cerrado, Pantanal, Central Andean puna, Chiquitano dry forests, and Beni savanna. Quebracho...
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    Altiplano and Puna plateaux has been horizontally shortened since the Eocene. In southern Bolivia lithospheric shortening has made the Andean foreland basin...
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    subspecies to the Andean flicker: the nominate C. r. rupicola (D'Orbigny, 1840), C. r. cinereicapillus (Reichenbach, 1854), and C. r. puna (Cabanis, 1883)...
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    The Andean Volcanic Belt is a major volcanic belt along the Andean cordillera in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. It is formed as...
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  • zone was established to protect the flora and wild fauna of the Central Andean puna and to preserve the ruins of Tanqa Tanqa of the Lupaca culture shaped...
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    (2008), "Field trip guide: Neogene evolution of the central Andean Puna plateau and southern Central Volcanic Zone", GSA Field Guide 13: Field Trip Guides...
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    areas of the ecoregion are found in contact with the Central Andean dry puna, Central Andean wet puna and Bolivian Yungas. The terrain is rugged, with cliffs...
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    September 2002, it houses a representative sample of the Central Andean Puna and the Southern Andean steppe biodiversity in good state of conservation, as...
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    Peruvian Yungas (Peru) Cordillera Central páramo (Peru) Central Andean wet puna (Bolivia, Peru) Central Andean puna (Bolivia, Peru) Bolivian Yungas (Bolivia...
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    Calchaquí Valleys (category Southern Andean Yungas)
    winds from the east, which support the Southern Andean Yungas humid forests. The Central Andean puna subalpine and alpine grasslands cover the highest...
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    Ojos del Salado (category Andean Volcanic Belt)
    2008). "Field trip guide: Neogene evolution of the central Andean Puna plateau and southern Central Volcanic Zone". GSA Field Guide 13: Field Trip Guides...
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    Olivio, et al. (2007). "Seasonal distribution, abundance, and nesting of Puna, Andean, and Chilean flamingos." Condor109(2): 276-287. Bucher, E. 1992. "Population...
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    (2008-01-01). Field trip guide: Neogene evolution of the central Andean Puna plateau and southern Central Volcanic Zone. Vol. 13. pp. 117–181. doi:10.1130/2008...
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