Serra Parima

Serra Parima (on the map of Venezuela)

The Serra Parima (Portuguese) also Sierra Parima (Spanish) is a mountain range of the Guyana Shield in South America that is up to 1600 meters high and around 320 kilometers long in north-south direction .

The Serra Parima is located in the western part of the Guyana shield in the border area between Brazil (state Roraima ) and Venezuela (state Amazonas ). In the southwest it is continued by the Sierra de Curupira and in the northeast the Sierra de Pacaraima joins. The Serra Parima forms the watershed between the catchment areas of the Amazon and the Orinoco . On its west side is the source of the Orinoco itself, which drains the entire west side. All rivers on the east side drain into the Rio Branco , whose water reaches the Amazon via the Rio Negro .

The highest peaks of the mountains are in the northernmost section (Cerro Caransaca 1605 m, Cerro Mashiati 1563 m, Cerro Murachi 1463 m, Cerro Ijani 1364 m). The Cerro Delgado Chalbaud at the southern end of the Serra Parima is remarkable not because of its height of 1047 m, but as the headwaters of the Orinoco.

The Serra Parima is a very old mountain range, which consists of metamorphic rocks (gneiss and slate) as well as granites of the Precambrian, which are flattened by erosion. The vegetation is rich and lush. The region has similar wildlife to northern Brazil, including pumas, tapirs, anteaters, armadillos, numerous species of monkeys, birds, and reptiles.

Climatically, the Serra Parima belongs to Huber et al. within the climate classification according to W. Köppen to the "rainforest climate despite dry season" Am .

The Serra Parima is one of the least explored areas in South America and is one of the settlement areas of the Yanomami . The French Alain Gheerbrant (1920–2013) undertook a 330-day expedition across the Sierra Parima, the area of the Orinoco-Parima cultures , between 1949 and 1950 with Pierre Gaisseau and Ye'kuana guides . His publications about this expedition were not very scientific.

literature

Otto Huber, Julian A. Steyermark, Ghillean T. Prance, Catherine Ales: The Vegetation of the Sierra Parima, Venezuela-Brazil: Some Results of Recent Exploration. In: Brittonia. Vol. 36, No. 2, 1984, pp. 104-139. ISSN 0007-196X ( JSTOR 2806619 ). (Contains geological, climatic, botanical and information on the Yanomami environment; English).

Web links

Amazon - cannibals in the jungle . In: Der Spiegel 34/1954 from August 18, 1954. (Report on Alain Gheerbrant: “Journey to the Far Amazon”, historical expedition to the Sierra Parima).

3.5 -64.25Coordinates: 3 ° 30 ′ N , 64 ° 15 ′ W

Map sheet ONC L-27 (correct localization of the Sierra Parima, but partly incorrect representation of the river system) of the Operational Navigation Chart Series - World 1: 1,000,000 Scale

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Parima Mountains. (2009). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved September 19, 2009, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online: http://www.bridica.com/EBchecked/topic/443602/Parima-Mountains
↑ Peakery.com ( Memento from June 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Portal EmDiv - Serra Parima ( Memento from June 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
^ Otto Huber et al .: The Vegetation of the Sierra Parima, Venezuela-Brazil. In: Brittonia. Vol. 36, No. 2, 1984, p. 109. ( JSTOR 2806619 ). Retrieved June 5, 2014, in English.
↑ Alain Gheerbrant: Orénoque-Amazone. 1948-1950. Revised and expanded new edition. Gallimard, Paris 1993, ISBN 2-07-032698-5 . (First edition under the title: L'Expédition Orénoque-Amazone 1948–1950. Paris 1952; translations into English and Spanish).

[Britannica-1] Parima Mountains. (2009). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved September 19, 2009, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online: http://www.bridica.com/EBchecked/topic/443602/Parima-Mountains

[2] Peakery.com ( Memento from June 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

[3] Portal EmDiv - Serra Parima ( Memento from June 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

[4] Otto Huber et al .: The Vegetation of the Sierra Parima, Venezuela-Brazil. In: Brittonia. Vol. 36, No. 2, 1984, p. 109. ( JSTOR 2806619 ). Retrieved June 5, 2014, in English.

[5] Alain Gheerbrant: Orénoque-Amazone. 1948-1950. Revised and expanded new edition. Gallimard, Paris 1993, ISBN 2-07-032698-5 . (First edition under the title: L'Expédition Orénoque-Amazone 1948–1950. Paris 1952; translations into English and Spanish).