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| | Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Southern Andean steppe (NT1008) |
 | | In Villavicencio and in Domuyo, geysers can be observed. |
 | | This ecoregion has its terrain at high altitudes that are not suitable for farming, and has several more or less protected areas through all its length, so there has been relatively little anthropogenic habitat loss in the area. |
 | | The most important protected areas in the region from north to south are Tres Cruces, Yerba Loca, Río Clarillo, El Morado, Río de los Cipreses and Laguna del Laja in Chile, and Laguna Brava, San Guillermo, El Leoncito, Aconcagua, Tupungato, Domuyo and Tromen in Argentina. |
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