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- noun Plural form of
paramo .
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Examples
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Andes -- being spurs of that range -- a large portion consisting of table-lands, called paramos, from 10,000 to 14,000 feet above the sea-level.
The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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These valleys are uninhabitable deserts known as paramos, in which no human being can exist without keeping in unceasing and violent motion.
The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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High up on the mountainside, in the regions of icy wastes, called the paramos, grows the frailejou, which yields a pure turpentine, and assists to warm the human body.
The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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However, Mr Villacis is at pains to stress that the melt water from the glaciers plays a crucial role in supplying water to the high Andean grasslands known as paramos, which act like an enormous sponge in absorbing and releasing water.
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Después nos vamos a las propiedades británicas, donde nos paramos al lado la casa de “Edward Cullen” una casa moderna localizada en el barranco silencioso.
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Después nos vamos a las propiedades británicas, donde nos paramos al lado la casa de “Edward Cullen” una casa moderna localizada en el barranco silencioso.
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In the paramos area there are many lakes of glacial origin that are the source of rivers like the Guatapurí, Donachuí, Fundación, Aracataca, Frio, Sevilla, Don Diego, Palomino, and Ancho from which rise the low and flat areas surrounding the Sierra.
Santa Marta páramo 2008
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Eighty-two additional plant species are known to be endemic to the Tamá paramos and forests, where the depression of Táchira acts as an effective barrier to plant dispersion.
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The rufous brocket deer (Mazama rufina bricenii), an endemic from Colombia and Venezuela, inhabits areas of evergreen forest and paramos between 1,000 – 3,000 meters.
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O ritmo desacelera, paramos um pouco para contemplar o céu soturno e a chuva que cai.
Dias de chuva Artur 2006
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