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Mount Roraima, South America: Mount Roraima is the highest of the Pacaraima chain of tepuis (table-top mountain) or plateaux in South America. It is located at the junction of Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela. A characteristic large flat-topped mountain surrounded by cliffs 400–1,000 m high. Wikipedia

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The oldest place on planet earth is in Venezuela. It's called Mount Roraima.

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Mount Roraima is located in the northern part of South America and on the triple border between Venezuela, Brazil, and Guyana.

Located in the Canaima National Park, it is the highest of the tepuis — a type of table-shaped mountain very characteristic of the Guiana Plateau — standing almost 3,000 metres above sea level.

Mount Roraima is composed of sandstone of the Proterozoic Eon formed about 1.7 to 2 billion years ago, therefore among the oldest rocks on Earth.

It contains a large amount of quartz deposits, 98% are silica particles, forming white or pinkish crystals several centimetres long.

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Propagating Heliamphora (minor)

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Jagged bottom teeth of the earth, jutting, protruding, extending.          Distended.

[chicosanchez]

Una fotografía que tomé del Kukenan, en la Gran Sabana venezolana, camino de Roraima, la montaña azul. La Gran Sabana también es protagonista de mi nuevo libro Un viaje maravilloso. Más en: https://www.chicosanchez.com #venezuela #gransabana #roraima #tepuis #viajes #chicosnchez #libros #naturaleza (en Venezuela) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGfY-mJJLN0/?igshid=mi46uuui0263

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Isolated Worlds of the Tepuis

Remnants of vast sandstone plateaus called the Roraima group, tepuis are natural laboratories for studying the adaption of species to severe environments.

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