- Llanos
:"Los Llanos redirect here, for the Chilean region see:
Los Llanos, Chile "Los Llanos (meaning the flat plains) is a vast
tropical grassland plain situated at the east of theAndes in northwesternSouth America (Colombia andVenezuela ). Its main river is theOrinoco .Despite poor climateclarifyme, during the colonial era,
llanero s (similar to thegaucho s of thepampas ) herded millions of heads ofcattle here.The area slopes gradually away from the highland areas that surround it; elevations in the llanos never exceed 200
meter s.Originally, "llano" is the Spanish word for "plain". It became the Spanish-American term for
prairie .Cities situated in Los Llanos
In Colombia
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Villavicencio
*Puerto López
*Arauca
*Tame
*Saravena
*Yopal
*Puerto Carreño
*Inirida
*Mitú
*San José del Guaviare
*Gaviotas In Venezuela
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San Fernando de Apure
*Barinas
*San Carlos
*Calabozo
*El Tigre
*Caripito
*Araure
*Guanare
*Acarigua
*Puerto Ayacucho
*Maturín
*Sabaneta
*Valle de la Pascua
*Tucupita External links
*en icon [http://www.venezuelatuya.com/llanos/indexeng.htm?yPPip8duSp8M Los Llanos (the Plains)] - Photos & references from Venezuelatuya.com
*en icon [http://pages.prodigy.net/anaconda/llanos.htm The Llanos] - Full texts & pictures in the [http://pages.prodigy.net/anaconda/ Jesús Rivas website]
*en icon [http://www.hosteltrail.com/venezuela/losllanos/ Visiting Los Llanos in Venezuela]*es icon [http://www.venezuelatuya.com/geografia/llanos.htm Los Llanos de Venezuela]
*es icon [http://www.colarte.arts.co/colarte/conspintores.asp?idartista=7027 Los Llanos de Colombia]
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