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Peru's Amazon Rainforest
Amazon Jungle
Manu National Park
Tambopata Reserve
Iquitos & the Amazon River Basin
Amazon River Map
Amazon River Facts
Amazon Rainforest Facts
 
 
 
Though images of the Andes come readily to mind when thinking about Peru, as much as 2/3 of its territory is taken by the Amazon Rainforest. The Selva (jungle, in Spanish) covers every corner east of the Andes, from the Equator to the southern borders with Brazil and Bolivia. Scarcely populated, Peru's Amazon rainforest probably sustains the World's richest biodiversity. More so within its many parks and reserves --Manu, Pacaya Samiria, Tambopata--, both wildlife paradises and natural sanctuaries.
 
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Amazon Rainforest Highlights

The Manú National Park is one of the most pristine and beautiful places on Earth, largely inaccessible and uncorrupted.

90% of Peru's amphibians, reptiles and fresh-water fish species, as well as 30% of bird species are found in the Tambopata National Reserve.

Amazon River Fact: The Amazon is the largest river in terms of watershed area, its water volume accounting for approximately 1/5 of the World's total river flow.
Top image: Town on the Amazon River (photo by Bruno Girin, displayed under a CC license).
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