Maria Dombrov reports for Glacier Hub: The Andes are the longest mountain range in the world, stretching 4,500 miles long and spanning seven South American countries: Venezuela, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. Andean ecosystems include peatlands, grasslands, shrublands, salt flats, forests, and alpine regions. Mountain peatlands, or bofedales, play a particularly central role in the rearing…
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Environment 101: Sajama Park brings visitors to diversity of fauna
EFE reports via Pagina Siete: The protected area located in Oruro was established in 1939 and in the place you can enjoy hot springs, observe geysers or climb the highest peak. A view of the majestic Sajama National Park. Photos: EFE The Sajama National Park, the oldest protected area in Bolivia, has a great community…
A Visit to Sajama, Bolivia
Shreeya Joshi reports via GlacierHub: Photo Friday: A Visit to Sajama, Bolivia This Photo Friday, journey to Sajama, Bolivia, through photos taken by Karina Yager, a professor at the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University, on her recent trip to the country. Joining two Bolivian scientists, Rosa Isela Meneses and Humber Alberto, from the Bolivian…
Learn about the second highest mountain in this hemisphere!
Report by Esmir Cortez Becerra – Photos by Jorge Uechi and APG News for El Deber: TRAVEL Awe Sajama A heaven above invites visitors to know its natural beauty, more than 6,000 meters above sea level. A cold wind that pierces to the bone receives the visitors of the Sajama. There, at the foot of…
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