Tepuis

And they are called Tepuis (singular: tepui), a word from the Pemón Amerindians.

Suriname 2009

The out-take was titled “Terror on the Tepuis” in my rough draft.

Archive 2009-05-01 Mike 2009

Q: Moving on, in Chapter Three, there's a lot about the research trip to the Tepuis in Venezuela which inspired the locale of the film.

Archive 2009-05-01 Mike 2009

Human-induced fires on open savanna at the base of the Tepuis can reach the forests and rock outcrops on the slopes or even the summit.

Tepuis 2008

The Tepuis are constantly humid and receive from 2,000 to 4,000 millimeters (mm) of rain per year with a subtle dry season.

Tepuis 2008

The Guayana Shield, on which the Tepuis rest, consists of a rock basement with a variety of igneous and metamorphic rock types formed during different geological periods beginning 1.8 billion years ago.

Tepuis 2008

The Tepuis ecoregion hosts 186 mammal species, mostly located on the lower slopes of the mountains.

Tepuis 2008

Illegal gold and diamond mining operations on the lower slopes of the Tepuis destroy not only vegetation, but also the very structure of the mountain.

Tepuis 2008

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 2008

A total of 20 species of the bamboo genus Myriocladus are endemic to the Tepuis.

Tepuis 2008