Pico da Neblina National Park
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Pico da Neblina National Park is a national park
in the north of Brazil
, bordering on Venezuela
. The latter country also has an adjoining national park, called Neblina as well. The Brazilian national park was created in 1979, and it is one of the country's largest national parks, with 22200 km² (8,571.5 sq mi). The park was named after the Pico da Neblina
, one of its mountains and the country's highest elevation at 2994 m (9,822.8 ft). It is covered by dense or open Amazon Rainforest
, although other forms of vegetation, associated to high altitudes, can be also found in the area. The wildlife is very diverse, with some peculiar species, like the Neblina Uakari
and the Guianan Cock-of-the-rock
.
The Pico da Neblina National Park is located in one of the wettest areas of the Amazon, with an annual precipitation
of 4000 mm (157.5 in).
The park is also part of the Yanomami Territory and requires a special permit to be visited. There is no tourist infrastructure whatsoever and access is very difficult.
National park
A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or...
in the north of Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, bordering on Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
. The latter country also has an adjoining national park, called Neblina as well. The Brazilian national park was created in 1979, and it is one of the country's largest national parks, with 22200 km² (8,571.5 sq mi). The park was named after the Pico da Neblina
Pico da Neblina
Pico da Neblina is the highest mountain in Brazil, above sea level, in the Serra do Imeri, a section of the Guiana Highlands on the Brazil–Venezuela border. As determined by a border survey expedition in 1962, its summit lies just within Brazilian territory, at a horizontal distance of only from...
, one of its mountains and the country's highest elevation at 2994 m (9,822.8 ft). It is covered by dense or open Amazon Rainforest
Amazon Rainforest
The Amazon Rainforest , also known in English as Amazonia or the Amazon Jungle, is a moist broadleaf forest that covers most of the Amazon Basin of South America...
, although other forms of vegetation, associated to high altitudes, can be also found in the area. The wildlife is very diverse, with some peculiar species, like the Neblina Uakari
Neblina Uakari
The Neblina uakari is a newly described species of monkey from the far northwest Brazilian Amazon and adjacent southern Venezuela. It was found by Jean-Phillipe Boubli of the University of Auckland and described together with the more easternly distributed Aracá Uakari in 2008...
and the Guianan Cock-of-the-rock
Guianan Cock-of-the-rock
The Guianan Cock-of-the-rock, Rupicola rupicola, is a South American passerine about 30 cm in length. The bright orange male has an extraordinary half-moon crest, which is used is competitive displays in lek gatherings to attract a female....
.
The Pico da Neblina National Park is located in one of the wettest areas of the Amazon, with an annual precipitation
Precipitation (meteorology)
In meteorology, precipitation In meteorology, precipitation In meteorology, precipitation (also known as one of the classes of hydrometeors, which are atmospheric water phenomena is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls under gravity. The main forms of precipitation...
of 4000 mm (157.5 in).
The park is also part of the Yanomami Territory and requires a special permit to be visited. There is no tourist infrastructure whatsoever and access is very difficult.