- Guyana. The word
tepui means "house of the gods" in the
native tongue of the Pemon, the
indigenous people who
inhabit the Gran Sabana.
Tepuis tend to be found...
- Venezuela. It is the most
visited and one of the
largest (but not the highest)
tepuis in the
Guiana Highlands, with a
summit area of 666.9 km2 (257.5 sq mi) and...
- ****enán, also
known as
Matawi or Cuquenán, is a
tepui in Bolívar State,
Guayana Region, Venezuela. It has an
estimated surface area of 2185
hectares (equivalent...
-
called the
Guiana Highlands,
which is
where the table-like
mountains called tepuis are found. The
Guiana Highlands are also the
source of some of the world's...
-
chain of the 7
eastern tepuis.
These also
highlight the
tepuis Iglú-
tepui, Ptarí-
tepui, Acopán-
tepui and the Sororopán-
tepui,
which has a tilt feature...
-
Conquering a
virgin Venezuelan tepui. The Times,
November 11, 2007. Lost Land Of The
Jaguar - The
First Ascent of
Upuigma Tepuis in
Venezuela for BBC Natural...
- most
famous tepuis in the park are
Mount Roraima, the
tallest and
easiest to climb, and Auyantepui, the site of
Angel Falls. The
tepuis are sandstone...
- The
tepui parrotlet (Nannopsittaca panychlora) is a
species of
parrot in the
family Psittacidae. It is
found in the
tepuis of
northern Brazil, western...
- The
Tepui elaenia (Elaenia olivina) is a
species of bird in the
family Tyrannidae. It is
found in
Guyana and Venezuela. It is
sometimes considered a subspecies...
- Venezuela. It may be
considered the
southernmost member of the
Eastern Tepuis chain. Uei-
tepui has an
elevation of
around 2,150
metres (7,050 ft), a
summit area...
