Llanos

Llanos
Llanos
	The Llanos in Colombia
	Location of the Llanos
Ecology
Realm	Neotropical
Biome	tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Borders	List Apure–Villavicencio dry forests; Guianan lowland moist forests; Guianan piedmont and lowland moist forests; La Costa xeric shrublands; Orinoco wetlands; Negro-Branco moist forests;
Geography
Area	375,786 km2 (145,092 sq mi)
Countries	Colombia; Venezuela;
Conservation
Conservation status	Vulnerable
Protected	105,323 km² (28%)

The Llanos (Spanish Los Llanos, "The Plains"; Spanish pronunciation: [los ˈʝanos]) is a vast tropical grassland plain situated to the east of the Andes in Colombia and Venezuela, in northwestern South America. It is an ecoregion of the tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome.

^ Eric Dinerstein, David Olson, et al. (2017). An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm, BioScience, Volume 67, Issue 6, June 2017, Pages 534–545; Supplemental material 2 table S1b. [1]