The Perijá mountain range, located between the states of Zulia and Táchira in Venezuela, and its main line points to the trench of intimacy between Colombia and Venezuela. The Perijá mountain range was created by presidential decree on January 19, 1960, to protect a region with high biodiversity. It has an area of 363 square miles and its main objective is the conservation of flora and fauna. The variety of temperature throughout the region is given by a progressive decrease in temperature as elevation increases, however, this rate of decrease varies depending on the physiographic factors for each zone considered. The average temperature of the region ranges between 6°C and 26°C with an annual rainfall of 1,500-4,000mm.