Angasima-tepui, also known as Adanta, Adankasima or Adankachimö,Adankasima
. ClimTepuyes. is a tepui in Bolívar state, Venezuela.Huber, O. (1995). Geographical and physical features. In: P.E. Berry, B.K. Holst & K. Yatskievych (eds.) '' Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Volume 1. Introduction.'' Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. pp. 1–61. A relatively isolated peak, both it and nearby

Upuigma-tepui Upuigma-tepui, also known as El Castillo, is a tepui in Bolívar state, Venezuela.Huber, O. (1995). Geographical and physical features. In: P.E. Berry, B.K. Holst & K. Yatskievych (eds.) '' Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Volume 1. Introduction. ...

lie just south of the vast

Chimantá Massif The Chimantá Massif is a highly fragmented complex of tepuis in Bolívar state, Venezuela. The massif comprises around 11 tepuis and has a total summit area of and an estimated slope area of .Huber, O. (1995). Geographical and physical feat ...

, from which they are separated by the Río Aparurén valley. Amurí-tepui, the closest member of the Chimantá Massif, is only from Angasima-tepui. The imposing triangular peak of Angasima-tepui has an elevation of around . Its summit plateau is heavily windswept, the northern part being dominated by low herbaceous vegetation. A southern peak bears dense tepui

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. The mountain has a summit area of and an estimated slope area of . It is situated entirely within the bounds of

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. Torres, I.N. & D.D. Martín (November 2007). Mejorando Nuestra Herencia. The undescribed pitcher plant ''Heliamphora'' sp. 'Angasima Tepui' is endemic to the summit region of Angasima-tepui.McPherson, S., A. Wistuba, A. Fleischmann & J. Nerz (2011). ''

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References

* Brewer-Carías, C. (2010)
El origen de los tepuyes: los hijos de las estrellas
''Río Verde'' 3: 54–69. * * Pruski, J.F. (1989). Notes on the Compositae of the Guayana Highland—I. A new species of ''Stomatochaeta'' and the reduction of ''Guaicaia'' to ''Glossarion'' (Compositae: Mutisieae). ''Brittonia'' 41(1): 35–40. * Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T., S. Nogué & V. Rull (August 2012). Global warming, habitat shifts and potential refugia for biodiversity conservation in the neotropical Guayana Highlands. ''Biological Conservation'' 152: 159–168. {{Tepuis , Venezuela Tepuis of Venezuela Mountains of Venezuela Mountains of Bolívar (state)

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