Description of the area
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- MADRE DE DIOS is a region in southeastern Peru, bordering Brazil, Bolivia and the Peruvian regions of Puno, Cusco and Ucayali, in the Amazon Basin.
- Its capital is the city of Puerto Maldonado.
- The region is almost entirely low-lying Amazon rainforest.
- The climate is warm and damp, with average temperatures around 26 °C (79 °F) [max.: 34 °C (93 °F), min.: 21 °C (70 °F)].
- The rainy season is from December to
March, when torrential rainfall causes rivers to swell and often overflow their
banks.
MANU WILDERNESS
- Manú National Park is a biosphere reserve located in Madre de Dios and Paucartambo , Cusco.
- In 1977,UNESCO recognised it as a Biosphere Reserve and in 1987, it was pronounced a World Heritage Site. It is the largest National Park in Peru, covering an area of 15,328 km².
- The Biosphere Reserve includes an additional 2,570 km², and a further 914 km² are included in a "Cultural Zone" (which also is afforded a level of protection), bringing the total area up to 18,811 km².
- The park protects several ecological zones ranging from as low as 150 meters above sea level in parts of theSouthwest Amazon moist forests to Peruvian Yungas at middle elevations to Central Andean wet puna at altitudes of 4200 meters.
- Because of this topographical range, it has one of highest levels of biodiversity of any park in the world.
TOURISTIC DEVELOPMENT
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INDUSTRY IN THE ZONE
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