Mesopotamia

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Weather
The island has an average temperature of 27 degrees Celsius. With an average 98%humidity, intense rainfalls and misty days are frequent; Gorgona is said to have its own cloud, always loomingon its mountaintop. It rains all year around, but even more so in September and October. The island has at least twenty-five permanent fresh-water streams. In less than half a kilometer in the beachcalled La Camaronera ten creeks reach the sand. The shores of Gorgona are predominantly steep plunging cliffs, minor sandy, and shingle beaches supplied on its eastern side, by coral reef detritus. Adense very humid jungle covers the center of the island.

Fauna
The island is best known for the yearly visit humpback whales pay its shores from August to October accompanied by their newborn.Gorgona is also a snorkeling and diving paradiseGorgona is famous for its snakes. There are three venomous snakes including the much-feared terciopelo Bothrops atrox and two species ofCoral snake. Manynon-venomous snakes such as the Boa constrictor and Oxybelis aeneus also inhabit the island. Two introduced species that are very visible on the island are the Basiliscus galeritus and the White-headedCapuchin.
The Brown Booby breeding population nesting in Gorgona NNP is small, but is the most important breeding territory for Sula leucogasteretesiaca in the world. The population of 150 pairsregistered in 2002 exceeds the number of individuals in other regional localities.[1][2] Brown Boobies in Gorgona NNP breed asynchronously; on the same date Ospina-Alvarez recorded eggs, chicks in earlyor youthful stages, and fledged chicks. The calculated accumulative RS (17.3%) included more than 95% of all pairs breeding in 2002 - 2003, but this may change to year after year.[1]

El tiempo
Laisla tiene una temperatura promedio de 27 grados centígrados. Con un promedio del 98%de humedad , lluvias intensas y los días de niebla son frecuentes; Gorgona se dice que tiene su propia nube,...
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