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Weather data from records kept at the oil company camps are given 

 in the adjoining figures. The stations are as follows: 



San Tom6: Altitude 869 feet, located on the open savanna at the southern 

 extremity of the study area. 



GuARio: Altitude 5G0 feet, located in the deciduous seasonal forest about 12 

 miles north of Cantaura. 



JusEPfN: Altitude 450 feet, located on the savanna but in close proximity to 

 the lowland seasonal forest, about 10 miles east of Caicara. 



The general characteristics of the collecting stations may be sum- 

 marized as follows: 



Cantaura, AnzoXtegui: This station is situated in the center of 

 the western edge of the Eastern Venezuelan Mesa, approximately 

 midway between the Caribbean Sea and the Orinoco River. The 

 savanna climax extends for some 30 miles to the east, and the decidu- 

 ous seasonal forest extends approximately the same distance to the 

 west of this station. Its elevation is approxunately 815 feet above 

 sea level. A brook, small but with water throughout the year, is 

 located inmiediately to the south. 



Caicara, Monagas: This station is situated at the extreme east of 

 the study area. While the main body of the savanna climax of the 

 mesa lies to the west of this point, it also extends beyond Caicara for 



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Figure 48. — Yearly rainfall for two stations in northeastern Venezuela (in inches): Solid 

 line, Guario, 1940-1948; broken line, Jusepin, 1941-1948. 



