Also called jungle, forest, or orient. It is the geographical area located at the east of the Mountain Range of Andes. It is a huge geologic depression in which prevail the big plains, hills, small mountain ranges, flooded lands in time of grown of rivers, etc.
It occupies 62% of the peruvian territory and its population density is very low (8%). It has a great quantity of rivers, all tributaries of the Amazonas River (Amazon River).
This region is characterized by a humid tropical weather, with an average temperature of 25°C (77°F) and rains, in which has been developed an exuberant vegetation and fauna.
It is considered as the biggest reservation in natural resources of the Earth (included the amazon territory of Brazil), besides being the first generating source of oxygen of the planet. Also as natural resources exist big locations of petroleum, natural gas and gold laundries.
Pacaya Samiria
Photograph:PromPerú
In the Peruvian Amazonia are registered:
64 tribes and sub-tribes of human beings 14,712 animal species (8,000
unique), 700 classes of butterflies, 282 of birds, 625 of bugs, 250 of
reptiles, 2,000 of fish, unique mammals, etc.
20,000 or more botanical species, being found up to 100 species in 1 square/km.
There are many zoological and botanical species to discover and to classify
scientifically.
In past times, the protection lack and appropriate legislation allowed the free hunt of some species, taking them to the almost extinction, as the black lizard, the river wolf (otter) and some felines, for its valuable skin. Nowadays protection laws exist to the fauna and flora and protection areas have been created in parks and national reservations.
In the whole Amazonia prevails the fluvial and air transport; the terrestrial transport is nonexistent in the area of the low forest, since highways do not exist.
Additional Information
- Iquitos
- The Amazon River
- The Jungle Natives
- Pacaya Samiria National
Reserve
