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The Madre de Dios River (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaðɾe ðe ðjos]) is a river shared by Bolivia and Peru which is homonymous to the Peruvian region it runs through. On Bolivian territory, it receives the Beni River, close to the town of Riberalta, which later joins with the Mamore River to become the Madeira River after the confluence.
The Piedras is the longest tributary of the 1,347 km long Madre de Dios River and more than 99 percent of its drainage is in the Amazon lowlands, below 400 meters. [5] The capital of the Las Piedras District is the town of Planchón, which is located in the province Tambopata in the Madre de Dios Department [6]
According to the national 2007 Peru Census, the language learnt first by most of the residents of the region was Spanish (80.00%), followed by Quechua (16.53%). The Quechua varieties spoken in Madre de Dios are Cusco–Collao Quechua and Santarrosino Kichwa. The following table shows the breakdown by province of first languages: [5]
This is a list of rivers of Peru, ... Madre de Dios: 655 407 ... Río de Las Piedras or Tacuatimanu, 621 km Pariamanu River;
Las Piedras District is one of four districts of the province Tambopata in Peru. [1]Bordered by the Rio Mavila on the northern boundary and the Rio Las Piedras to the south, the district comprises typical uninhabited lowland neotropical rainforest; [2] largely moist broadleaf evergreen or semi-evergreen with overstorey canopy and emergent crowns; medium layer canopy; lower canopy; and shrub ...
Provinces of the Madre de Dios Region (3 P) Pages in category "Geography of Madre de Dios Region" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
The Manu is a tributary to the 1,347 km long Madre de Dios River, which downriver joins the Madeira River, and ultimately the Amazon River. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, this area of what was organized as the Madre de Dios region was exploited for the production of rubber during the rubber boom , with workers brought in by ...
The Los Amigos Biological Station is a research station in lowland Amazonian forest at the base of Peru's southern Andes, at 270 masl in Department of Madre de Dios.The station's official name in Spanish is Centro de Investigación y Capacitación Río Los Amigos (Los Amigos Research and Training Center).