Suni (Geography)

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Suni or Jalca is one of the eight Natural Regions of Peru. It is located in the Andes at an altitude between 3,500 and 4,100 metres above sea level. Suni has a dry and cold weather and there are many glacial valleys.

[edit] Flora and Fauna

The flora includes gramineous plants and shrubs such as the taya-taya (Caesalpinia spinosa), the quishuar (Chuquiraga rotundifolia), and the cantuta (this flower was considered sacred by the Incas).

Even though it is hard for plants to grow because of the weather, examples of what people cultivate are quinoa, cañigua, broad beans and ullucu.

The main fauna is the guinea pig and, among numerous other highland birds, the Chiguanco Thrush.