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    Natural Monument Cerro Santa Ana

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    Cerro Santa Ana is an 830-meter tall mountain located in Paraguaná Peninsula, Venezuela. It features five distinct biotic zones ranging from xerophytic thorn forest at the lowest elevation to a dwarf vegetation zone at the highest elevation. The mountain supports varied fauna, including birds like guacharacas and hummingbirds, as well as mammals such as backpacker mice, casiraguas, and long-nosed bats. Visitors are advised to bring light, breathable clothing and sunscreen appropriate for the climate.

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    Cerro Santa Ana is an 830-meter tall mountain located in Paraguaná Peninsula, Venezuela. It features five distinct biotic zones ranging from xerophytic thorn forest at the lowest elevation to a dwarf vegetation zone at the highest elevation. The mountain supports varied fauna, including birds like guacharacas and hummingbirds, as well as mammals such as backpacker mice, casiraguas, and long-nosed bats. Visitors are advised to bring light, breathable clothing and sunscreen appropriate for the climate.

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    Cerro Santa Ana is an 830-meter tall mountain located in Paraguaná Peninsula, Venezuela. It features five distinct biotic zones ranging from xerophytic thorn forest at the lowest elevation to a dwarf vegetation zone at the highest elevation. The mountain supports varied fauna, including birds like guacharacas and hummingbirds, as well as mammals such as backpacker mice, casiraguas, and long-nosed bats. Visitors are advised to bring light, breathable clothing and sunscreen appropriate for the climate.

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    Natural Monument Cerro Santa Ana

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    Cerro Santa Ana is an 830-meter tall mountain located in Paraguaná Peninsula, Venezuela. It features five distinct biotic zones ranging from xerophytic thorn forest at the lowest elevation to a dwarf vegetation zone at the highest elevation. The mountain supports varied fauna, including birds like guacharacas and hummingbirds, as well as mammals such as backpacker mice, casiraguas, and long-nosed bats. Visitors are advised to bring light, breathable clothing and sunscreen appropriate for the climate.

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    Cerro Santa Ana, located in the center of the Paraguaná Peninsula, was declared the

    Nature Monument June 14, 1972

    El Cerro Santa Ana is known for being the only elevation of 830 meters in the
    Paraguana Peninsula.

    Its summit consists of three peaks that stretch from east to west in the following order:
    El Picacho de Buena Vista, El Picacho de Santa Ana and the higher the Picacho Moruy.

    VEGETATION
    It features five floors biotic

    1. The first is xerophytic area with thorn forest dominated Cuji, cacti, cactus and crops
    and also kills other species such as rings, and the lily of Mt.
    2. The second one called Zone Tropofítica montane deciduous forest composed of taller
    trees such as Tabacon skirt, and andirons. In this area the climate is less hot because
    there is more rainfall.
    3. the third is the area called hydrophytic mesothermic cloud forest where the trees
    reach a height of 15 meters and the humidity is high, the soil is wetland.
    4. The fourth area is hydrophytic vegetation mesothermic cloud forest of tall, leafy trees
    5. This area is called the dwarf vegetation dominated seudoparamera because small
    plants like ferns, Clusia, and short-short

    FAUNA
    the fauna found in each of the floors is varied.
    Birds: the guacharaca, Cardinal coriano, the Oriole, the Gonzalito, the carpenter, the
    hummingbird warbler.
    Mammals: the mouse backpacker, the casiragua, and forestry the tree frog, the rabbit
    and a kind of long-nosed bat.

    Recomendacione
    Light clothes according to climate, broad-spectrum sunscreen.

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