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Northern Range

Index Northern Range

The Northern Range is the range of tall hills across north Trinidad, the major island in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. [1]

33 relations: Arima, Aripo Cave, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Capuchin monkey, Caroni Plain, Central Range, Trinidad and Tobago, Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago, Collared peccary, Deforestation, Diego Martin, East–West Corridor, El Cerro del Aripo, El Tucuche, Guyanan red howler, Limestone, Mount Saint Benedict, Naparima Plain, Nariva Plain, Natural environment, Neotropical otter, Ocelot, Oilbird, Phytotriades, Port of Spain, Red brocket, Savanna, Schist, Sedimentary rock, Southern Range, Toco, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, Volcano.

Arima

Arima is the easternmost and second largest in area of the three boroughs of Trinidad and Tobago.

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Aripo Cave

Aripo Cave (Aripo Main Cave) is a cave in the Northern Range, in Trinidad and Tobago.

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Asa Wright Nature Centre

The Asa Wright Nature Centre and Lodge is a nature resort and scientific research station in the Arima Valley of the Northern Range in Trinidad and Tobago.

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Capuchin monkey

The capuchin monkeys are New World monkeys of the subfamily Cebinae.

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Caroni Plain

On the island of Trinidad in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the Caroni Plain is a lowland area between the Northern Range and the Central Range.

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Central Range, Trinidad and Tobago

The Central Range is a mountain range on the island of Trinidad.

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Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago

Chaguaramas (pronounced, in the local English dialect, "shag-gah-rah-muss") lies in the North West Peninsula of Trinidad west of Port of Spain; the name is often applied to the entire peninsula, but is sometimes used to refer to its most developed area.

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Collared peccary

The collared peccary (Pecari tajacu) is a species of mammal in the family Tayassuidae found in North, Central, and South America.

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Deforestation

Deforestation, clearance, or clearing is the removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is thereafter converted to a non-forest use.

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Diego Martin

Diego Martin is an urban commercial center and capital of the Diego Martin region in Trinidad and Tobago.

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East–West Corridor

The East–West Corridor is the built-up area of north Trinidad stretching from the capital, Port of Spain, east to Arima.

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El Cerro del Aripo

El Cerro del Aripo, at, is the highest point in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.

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El Tucuche

El Tucuche (936 m) is the second highest peak in Trinidad's Northern Range and is noted for its interesting pyramidal shape.

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Guyanan red howler

The Guyanan red howler (Alouatta macconnelli) is a species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, native to Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad, French Guiana, Venezuela and Brazil.

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Limestone

Limestone is a sedimentary rock, composed mainly of skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral, forams and molluscs.

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Mount Saint Benedict

Mount Saint Benedict Abbey, also known as The Abbey of Our Lady of Exile is a Benedictine monastery following the Order of Saint Benedict.

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Naparima Plain

On the island of Trinidad, the Naparima Plain is a broad lowland area on the west between the Central Range and the Southern Range (see map); the lowland area on the east is the Nariva Plain.

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Nariva Plain

On the island of Trinidad, the Nariva Plain is a lowland area on the east between the Central Range and the Southern Range; the lowland area on the west is the Naparima Plain.

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Natural environment

The natural environment encompasses all living and non-living things occurring naturally, meaning in this case not artificial.

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Neotropical otter

The neotropical otter or neotropical river otter (Lontra longicaudis) is an otter species found in Central America, South America and the island of Trinidad.

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Ocelot

The ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) is a wild cat native to the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central and South America.

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Oilbird

The oilbird (Steatornis caripensis), locally known as the guácharo, is a bird species found in the northern areas of South America including the island of Trinidad.

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Phytotriades

Phytotriades is a genus of tree frogs in the family Hylidae.

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Port of Spain

Port of Spain (also spelled Port-of-Spain) is the capital city of Trinidad and Tobago and the country's third-largest city, after Chaguanas and San Fernando.

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Red brocket

The red brocket (Mazama americana) is a species of brocket deer from forests in South America, ranging from northern Argentina to Colombia and the Guianas.

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Savanna

A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland grassland ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close.

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Schist

Schist (pronounced) is a medium-grade metamorphic rock with medium to large, flat, sheet-like grains in a preferred orientation (nearby grains are roughly parallel).

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Sedimentary rock

Sedimentary rocks are types of rock that are formed by the deposition and subsequent cementation of that material at the Earth's surface and within bodies of water.

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Southern Range

On the island of Trinidad, the Southern Range is a discontinuous chain of low hills along the southern coast, reaching their highest altitude in the high Trinity Hills of the southeast.

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Toco

Toco is the most northeasterly village on the island of Trinidad in the County of Saint David at the point where the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean meet.

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Trinidad

Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands of Trinidad and Tobago.

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Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago, officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is a twin island sovereign state that is the southernmost nation of the West Indies in the Caribbean.

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Volcano

A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Range

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