Llanos

Llanos
The Llanos in Colombia
Location of the Llanos
Ecology
RealmNeotropical
Biometropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Borders
Geography
Area375,786 km2 (145,092 sq mi)
Countries
Conservation
Conservation statusVulnerable
Protected105,323 km² (28%)[1]

The Llanos (Spanish Los Llanos, "The Plains"; Spanish pronunciation: [los ˈʝanos]) is a vast tropical grassland plain situated to the east of the Andes in Colombia and Venezuela, in northwestern South America. It is an ecoregion of the tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome.

  1. ^ Eric Dinerstein, David Olson, et al. (2017). An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm, BioScience, Volume 67, Issue 6, June 2017, Pages 534–545; Supplemental material 2 table S1b. [1]