inselberg

• “Tepuis are internationally recognized as unique sandstone "inselberg" formations, emerging from the ancient Guayanan Shield, and who prolonged isolation and abrupt topography (among other things) have lead to a great many endemic species.”

  Tepuis

• “Low inselberg hills in the north and east are of granite.”

  Okapi Faunal Reserve, Democratic Republic of Congo

• “The most famous inselberg in the CSNR is the Voltzberg Dome (250 m above sea level).”

  Central Suriname Nature Reserve, Suriname

• “The 360 m high Van Stockemberg formation, is another example of a well-known inselberg in the reserve.”

  Central Suriname Nature Reserve, Suriname

• “The high altitude of this isolated relict inselberg and the cool, moist conditions at its summit could explain the high level of endemism found in this region.”

  Namibian savanna woodlands

• “The near-endemic Angola cave-chat (Xenocopsychus ansorgei) is common but extremely localized, being limited to a few rocky hills and cliffs and surrounding forest habitat in four isolated areas, two of which fall into the ecoregion: eastern Namibe and Huíla in the southern outlier of the ecoregion, and on the inselberg of Mt. Soque in Huambo.”

  Angolan montane forest-grassland mosaic

• “The granite inselberg of Yamaalyg is especially rich in burial mounds, petroglyphs, steles and effigies.”

  Uvs Nuur Basin, Russian Federation, Republic of Tuva and Mongolia

• “Of the twelve sites, three are in high mountains: Mongun Taiga, Tsagaan Shuvuut and Turgen; two are in lower mountains: Aryskannyg and Ular; one is an inselberg: Yamaalyg; two are desert: Tsugeer els and Altan els; three, Ubsu-Nur, Oroku-Shinaa and Tes River, are wetland and one is Uvs Nuur lake itself.”

  Uvs Nuur Basin, Russian Federation, Republic of Tuva and Mongolia

• “This inselberg of nearly vertical Precambrian strata is about 2.5 kilometers long and more than 350 meters high”

  Archive 2008-12-01

• “The inselberg flora of the northern part of the ecoregion also contains interesting plants with links to the mountains of eastern Africa.”

  Northeastern Congolian lowland forests

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