Tani Tani

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Tani Tani
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Tani Tani
Peru
Highest point
Elevation 4,806 m (15,768 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 14°0′55″S69°57′20″W / 14.01528°S 69.95556°W / -14.01528; -69.95556 Coordinates: 14°0′55″S69°57′20″W / 14.01528°S 69.95556°W / -14.01528; -69.95556  
Geography
Location Peru, Puno Region
Parent range Andes

Tani Tani (local name for the flower Gentianella primuloides , [2] also spelled Tanitani) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,806 metres (15,768 ft) high. It is located in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Coasa District. Tani Tani lies west of the lake Qunchak'uchu (Quechua for "mushroom corner", [3] Cconchacuccho, Cconchacucho). [4]

<i>Gentianella</i> genus of plants

Gentianella is a plant genus in the gentian family (Gentianaceae). Plants of this genus are known commonly as dwarf gentians.

Andes mountain range running along the tu mamide of South America

The Andes or Andean Mountains are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. This range is about 7,000 km (4,300 mi) long, about 200 to 700 km wide, and of an average height of about 4,000 m (13,000 ft). The Andes extend from north to south through seven South American countries: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina.

Peru republic in South America

Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains vertically extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon Basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon river.

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Tipajasa mountain in Peru

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References

  1. ↑ Peru 1:100,000, Cuyocuyo 2942, Map prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Bethesda, MD, 1993
  2. ↑ Proyecto de conservación de la biodiversidad en el sistema TDPS, cedefoa, La Paz, Bolivia (2001)
  3. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Carabaya Province (Puno Region)


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