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Ptari-tepui

Ptari-tepui, also spelled Pu-tari and sometimes called Cerro Budare or Cerro del Budare, is a tepui in Bolívar state, Venezuela. Lying near the centre of the Sierra de Lema, it has a maximum elevation of around above sea level. Its mostly bare summit plateau has an area of . Though generally flat, distinctive erosional rock formations are found on the more dissected eastern edge of the summit.

Description

Ptari-tepui gives its name to the Ptari Massif, which also includes Carrao-tepui to the northeast and a long ridge known as Sororopán-tepui to the southeast. As a whole, the massif has a summit area of around and an estimated slope area of (Carrao and Ptari together contributing and Sororopán, which is derived from a separate basement, a further ). The massif is situated entirely within the bounds of Canaima National Park.

Ptari-tepui is a prime example of the classic tepui shape, having an almost perfectly flat-topped summit and near-vertical walls. This characteristic profile is said to recall the shape of a budare, a type of griddle used for making cassava bread, and is the source of its Pemón-derived name. For this reason it is also sometimes known as Cerro Budare or Cerro del Budare.

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Further reading

  • Hudec, I. (1998). Anomopoda (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) from some Venezuelan tepuis. Hydrobiologia 377(1–3): 205–211.
  • Morton, C.V. (1957). Pteridophyta: Ptari-tepuí. [pp. 729–741] In: J.A. Steyermark et al. Botanical exploration in Venezuela -- 4. Fieldiana: Botany 28(4): 679–1225.
  • Spangler, P.J. (1981). New and interesting water beetles from Mt. Roraima and Ptari‐tepui, Venezuela (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae and Hydrophilidae). Aquatic Insects: International Journal of Freshwater Entomology 3(1): 1–11.