Páramo
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English: Páramo is a neotropical ecosystem. It is located in the high elevations, between the upper forest line (about 3800 m altitude) and the permanent snow line (about 5000 m).
Landscapes[edit]
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Páramo de Rabanal, Boyaca
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Páramo de Guerrero in Colombia with Espeletia plants
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Sumapaz Paramo, the largest paramo ecosystem worldwide
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Chisaca Lake at Sumapaz
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Páramo de Santa Isabel at Los Nevados National Park
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Paramo de Chirripo, Costa Rica
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Typical páramo vegetation around Lake Caricocha, Mojanda, Ecuador.
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Panorama of the Playa de los Frailejones, Ocetá Páramo
Flora and fauna[edit]
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Culcitium sp. in Paramo de Chiles, Ecuador.
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Espeletia grandiflora in Paramo de Guerrero, Colombia
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Jamesonia sp. in Paramo de Chirripo, Costa Rica
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Espeletia killipii in Páramo de Guasca, Colombia.
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Gaultheria lanigera in Paramo de Cuenca, Ecuador
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Woolly paramo donkey
History and human impact[edit]
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A large number of combatants in the army commanded by Simon Bolivar died of Hypothermia trying to cross the Paramo of Pisba during the events of Colombian Declaration of Independence
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Erosion in a Paramo, caused by deforestation and cattle