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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]
Madre de Dios (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaðɾe ðe ˈðjos] ⓘ, English: Mother of God) is a department and region in southeastern Peru, bordering Brazil, Bolivia and the Peruvian departments of Puno, Cusco and Ucayali, in the Amazon Basin. Its capital is the city of Puerto Maldonado.
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.
Most of the Tambopata is in the Madre de Dios and Puno regions in Peru, but the upper parts of the river forms the border between Peru and Bolivia, and its origin is in La Paz department in Bolivia. The Tambopata is a tributary of the Madre de Dios River , into which it merges at the city of Puerto Maldonado .
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).
Tambopata National Reserve is located south of the Madre de Dios river, in the province of Tambopata, region of Madre de Dios. [2] It reaches the border with Bolivia to the east and borders with Bahuaja Sonene National Park to the south. [2] The area consists of forested hills and plains, with elevations ranging from 200 to 400 m above sea ...
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