Mount Roraima is a pretty remarkable place. It is a tabletop mountain
with sheer 400-metre high cliffs on all sides. There is only one 'easy'
way up, on a natural staircase-like ramp on the Venezuelan side-to get
up any other way takes an experienced rock climber. On the top of the
mountain is rains almost every day, washing away most of the nutrients
for plants to grow and creating a unique landscape on the bare sandstone
surface. This also creates some of the highest waterfalls in the world
over the sides. Though there are only a few marshes on the mountain
where vegetation can grow properly, these contain many species including
a species of carnivorous pitcher plants.
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