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The '''Formaciones de Tepuyes Natural Monument also known as tepui'''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.a-venezuela.com/index.php/estados-ciudades/estado-amazonas/parques-y-monumentos-amaz/monumento-natural-formaciones-de-tepuyes |title=Monumento Natural Formaciones de Tepuyes |access-date=2017-03-17 |archive-date=2017-03-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318092716/http://www.a-venezuela.com/index.php/estados-ciudades/estado-amazonas/parques-y-monumentos-amaz/monumento-natural-formaciones-de-tepuyes |url-status=dead }}</ref> ({{lang-es|Monumento Natural Formaciones de Tepuyes}})<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BzuwAAAAIAAJ&q=Monumento+Natural+Formaciones+de+Tepuyes|title=Instituto Nacional de Parques|last=(Venezuela)|first=Instituto Nacional de Parques|year=1990|publisher=INPARQUES, Ministerio del Ambiente y de los Recursos Naturales Renovables|language=es}}</ref> Also '''Formaciones de Tepuyes''' Is a protected natural space since 1991, located in [[Venezuela]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T5xrAAAAMAAJ&q=Monumento+Natural+Formaciones+de+Tepuyes|title=Guía ecoturística de Venezuela|date=1995-01-01|publisher=Miro Popić Editor C.A.|language=es}}</ref> more specifically in the states of [[Amazonas (Venezuelan state)|Amazonas]] and [[Bolívar State, Venezuela|Bolívar]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q2W7AAAAIAAJ&q=Monumento+Natural+Formaciones+de+Tepuyes|title=América Latina|last=Hofmeister|first=Wilhelm|date=2007-01-01|publisher=Konrad Adenauer Stiftung|isbn=9788575041123|language=es}}</ref> Should not be confused with the Canaima national park that contains part of the tepuyes.

The total area reaches 1,069,820 hectares of forest formations where mountain formations are known as tepuy (''tepui''). The tepuys are rock formations with flat peaks and vertical escarpments. Tepuys are residual forms of the Guayana Massif, constituted by sandstones, quartzites and granites of the pre-Inca era, with intrusions of dia- bric rocks. Ecosystems with endemic species have been developed at their summits and on their slopes.

In the state of Bolívar there are twelve protected tepuy formations as a natural monument, while in the state of Amazonas thirteen have been selected. The criteria for its choice were the configuration, the scenic beauty and its abundant biodiversity.

In the state of Bolívar, [[Uei-tepui|Uei]] Tepuy (2,150 m), [[Kukenán-tepui|Kukenan]] Tepuy (2,650 m), [[Yuruaní-tepui|Yuruani]] Tepuy (2,400 m), [[Karaurín-tepui|Karaurín]] Tepuy (2,500 m) and Ilú Tepuy (2,700 m).

The most outstanding of the state of Amazonas are the Cerro Yaví (2,300 m), the Parú Euaja massif (2,200 m) and the Cerro Tamacuari  (2,300 m).

==Gallery==
<Gallery>
File:SaltoKukenan.jpg|Kukenan Falls
File:Kukenantepuyvenezuela.jpg| Kukenán viewed from the base
File:Salto Chirimata en Venezuela y la Serra do Sol de fondo en Brasil.jpg|Uei-tepui
File:Salto Yuruani, al fondo el Tepuy Yuruani - La Gran Sabana - Estado Bolívar.JPG| Yuruani-Tepui
File:Venezuela - Gran Sabana - Vista de tepuys del este.jpg|Yuruani y Kukenan
File:Karaurín-tepui - western face.jpg|Karaurín-tepui
File:Ilú–Tramen Massif and Karaurín-tepui.jpg|Ilu y Karaurín-tepui
File:Ilú Tepuy (19988773654).jpg|Ilu-Tepui
File:Summit Ilu Tepui 24 Nov 1981.jpg| 
File:Tepuyes Ilu, Tramen y Karaurin (Gran Sabana).jpg|

</Gallery>

==See also==
*[[Gran Sabana]]
*[[Canaima National Park]]

==References==
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[[Category:Natural monuments of Venezuela]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1991]]
[[Category:Tepuis of Venezuela]]