A tepui, or tepuy , is a table-top mountain or mesa found in South America, especially in Venezuela and western Guyana.
- TepuiMount Roraima and Guyana's table-top mountains (tepuis) are said to have been the inspiration for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 1912 novel The Lost World.
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Venezuela
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Country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea.
The continental territory is bordered on the north by the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Colombia, Brazil on the south, Trinidad and Tobago to the north-east and on the east by Guyana.
To the south, the dissected Guiana Highlands contain the northern fringes of the Amazon Basin and Angel Falls, the world's highest waterfall, as well as tepuis, large table-like mountains.
Pemon
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The Pemon or Pemón (Pemong) are indigenous people living in areas of Venezuela, Brazil, and Guyana.
Pemon mythology includes gods residing in the grassland area's table-top mountains called tepui.