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Cordillera De Sama Biological Reserve
Cordillera de Sama Biological Reserve () is a protected area in Bolivia located in the Tarija Department, in the Cercado Province, Eustaquio Méndez Province, and José María Avilés Province. It protects part of the Central Andean puna and Bolivian montane dry forests ecoregions. See also * Laguna Grande Lake Elsinore is a natural freshwater lake in Riverside County, California, United States, located east of the Santa Ana Mountains and fed by the San Jacinto River. Originally named ''Laguna Grande'' by Spanish explorers, it was renamed for t ... * Tajzara Lake * Baritú National Park References External links www.sernap.gov.bo / Cordillera de Sama Biological Reserve Cordillera de Sama Biological Reserve General information (5 pages) Nature reserves in Bolivia Geography of Tarija Department Protected areas established in 1991 1991 establishments in Bolivia {{SouthAm-protected-area-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, warm valleys, high-altitude Andean plateaus, and snow-capped peaks, encompassing a wide range of climates and biomes across its regions and cities. It includes part of the Pantanal, the largest tropical wetland in the world, along its eastern border. It is bordered by Brazil to the Bolivia-Brazil border, north and east, Paraguay to the southeast, Argentina to the Argentina-Bolivia border, south, Chile to the Bolivia–Chile border, southwest, and Peru to the west. The seat of government is La Paz, which contains the executive, legislative, and electoral branches of government, while the constitutional capital is Sucre, the seat of the judiciary. The largest city and principal industrial center is Santa Cruz de la Sierra, located on the Geog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarija Department
Tarija () is a department in Bolivia. It is located in south-eastern Bolivia bordering with Argentina to the south and Paraguay to the east. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 534,348 inhabitants. It has an area of . The city of Tarija is the capital of the department. Subdivisions The department is divided into five provinces and one autonomous region: # Gran Chaco Province (autonomous region) # Aniceto Arce Province # José María Avilés Province # Cercado Province # Eustaquio Méndez Province # Burdett O'Connor Province Notable places in Tarija include: * Villamontes in the department's oil-producing eastern scrubland. Villamontes has recorded the hottest temperature ever in Bolivia, , several times, most recently on 29 October 2010. * Bermejo, a border town adjoining Aguas Blancas, Argentina * Yacuiba, a border town with Argentina. The Department of Tarija is renowned for its mild, pleasant climate, and comprises one of the country's foremost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protected Area
Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural or cultural values. Protected areas are those areas in which human presence or the exploitation of natural resources (e.g. firewood, non-timber forest products, water, ...) is limited. The term "protected area" also includes marine protected areas and transboundary protected areas across multiple borders. As of 2016, there are over 161,000 protected areas representing about 17 percent of the world's land surface area (excluding Antarctica). For waters under national jurisdiction beyond inland waters, there are 14,688 Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), covering approximately 10.2% of coastal and marine areas and 4.12% of global ocean areas. In contrast, only 0.25% of the world's oceans beyond national jurisdiction are covered by MPAs. In recent years, the 30 by 30 initiative has targeted to protect 30% of ocean territory and 30% of land territory worldwide by 2030; this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cercado Province (Tarija)
Cercado is a province in the central parts of the Bolivian department Tarija. Location ''Cercado'' province is one of six provinces in the Tarija Department. It is located between 21° 15' and 21° 51' south and between 64° 20' and 65° 00' west. The province borders Eustaquio Méndez Province in the northwest, José María Avilés Province in the south-west, Aniceto Arce Province in the south, and Burnet O'Connor Province in the east. The province extends over 80 km from north to south, and 80 km from east to west. Population The main language used in the province is Spanish, spoken by 99.4%, and 0.6% Guaraní. The population increased from 108,241 inhabitants (1992 census) to 153,457 (2001 census), an increase of 41.8%. - 39.4% of the population are younger than 15 years old. In the census 2012 the population increased to 205,346 inhabitants, migration mainly driven by gas extraction boom of the region. 26.0% of the population have no access to electricity, 39 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eustaquio Méndez Province
Eustaquio Méndez is a province in the north-western parts of the Bolivian department of Tarija. Location ''Eustaquio Méndez'' province is one of six provinces in the Tarija Department. It is located between 20° 57' and 21° 36' south and between 64° 23' and 65° 15' west. The province borders Chuquisaca Department in the north and west, José María Avilés Province in the south, Cercado Province in the south-east, and Burnet O'Connor Province in the east. The province extends over 90 km from north to south, and 105 km from east to west. Population The principal language of the province is Spanish, spoken by 99.7% and 0.4% Guaraní. The population increased from 29,868 inhabitants (1992 census) to 32,038 (2001 census), an increase of 7.3%. - 46.9% of the population are younger than 15 years old. 78.1% of the population have no access to electricity, 77.8% have no sanitary facilities (1992). 67.8% of the population are employed in agriculture, 0.1% in mining ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José María Avilés Province
José María Avilés (or: ''Avilez'') is a Provinces of Bolivia, province in the western parts of the Bolivian Departments of Bolivia, department of Tarija Department, Tarija. Location ''Avilés'' province is one of six provinces in the Tarija Department. It is located between 21° 28' and 22° 05' Latitude, south and between 64° 29' and 65° 25' Longitude, west. The province borders Eustaquio Méndez Province in the north, Potosí Department in the west, Argentina in the south, Aniceto Arce Province in the south-east, and Cercado Province (Tarija), Cercado Province in the north-east. The province extends over 85 km from north to south, and 115 km from east to west. Division The province comprises two Municipalities of Bolivia, municipalities: *Uriondo Municipality *Yunchará Municipality Places of interest * Cordillera de Sama Biological Reserve * Tariquía Flora and Fauna National Reserve External linksGeneral map of province [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Andean Puna
The Central Andean puna is a montane grasslands and shrublands ecoregion in the Andes of southern Peru, Bolivia, and northern Chile and Argentina. Setting The landscape in this ecoregion consists of high mountains with permanent snow and ice, meadows, lakes, plateaus, and valleys. It transitions to the Central Andean wet puna to the north and the Central Andean dry puna to the south. Elevations range from . Climate The climate is Köppen climate classification cold semi-arid. Precipitation ranges from per year. Flora Flora consists typically of open meadows with rocks, bunchgrass, herbs, moss, and lichen. Grasses are represented by the genera ''Calamagrostis'', ''Agrostis'', and ''Festuca''. '' Parastrephia lepidophylla'' and ''Margyricarpus'' are small bush species found here. ''Azorella compacta'' and '' Puya raimondi'' are shared with the wet puna. ''Polylepis'', ''Buddleja'', and ''Escallonia'' are trees found at lower elevations. Fauna Darwin's rhea ('' Pterocnemia penn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolivian Montane Dry Forests
The Bolivian montane dry forests (NT0206) is an ecoregion in Bolivia on the eastern side of the Andes. It is a transitional habitat between the puna grasslands higher up to the west and the Chaco scrub to the east. The habitat is under severe stress from a growing human population. Geography Location The ecoregion is in the dry mountain valleys of the Andes in southern Bolivia. It has an area of . In the south large areas of the ecoregion are found within the Central Andean puna and Southern Andean Yungas. To the east the dry forests transition into the Dry Chaco ecoregion. Further north smaller areas of the ecoregion are found in contact with the Central Andean dry puna, Central Andean wet puna and Bolivian Yungas. Terrain The terrain is rugged, with cliffs, steep hillsides, valleys and gullies. Altitudes are from above sea level. In the east fingers of the dry forest stretch into the yungas, while in the west fingers of puna grassland extend into the dry forest. Climate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecoregion
An ecoregion (ecological region) is an ecological and geographic area that exists on multiple different levels, defined by type, quality, and quantity of environmental resources. Ecoregions cover relatively large areas of land or water, and contain characteristic, geographically distinct assemblages of natural communities and species. The biodiversity of flora, fauna and ecosystems that characterise an ecoregion tends to be distinct from that of other ecoregions. In theory, biodiversity or conservation ecoregions are relatively large areas of land or water where the probability of encountering different species and communities at any given point remains relatively constant, within an acceptable range of variation (largely undefined at this point). Ecoregions are also known as "ecozones" ("ecological zones"), although that term may also refer to biogeographic realms. Three caveats are appropriate for all bio-geographic mapping approaches. Firstly, no single bio-geographic fram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BioScience
''BioScience'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal that is published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Institute of Biological Sciences. It was established in 1964 and was preceded by the ''AIBS Bulletin'' (1951–1963). The journal publishes literature reviews of current research in biology, as well as essays and discussion sections on education, public policy, history of biology, and theoretical issues. Abstracting and indexing The journal is abstracted and indexed in MEDLINE/ PubMed (1973–1979), the Science Citation Index, Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences, The Zoological Record, and BIOSIS Previews. According to the ''Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2020 impact factor The impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is a type of journal ranking. Journals with higher impact factor values are considered more prestigious or important within their field. The Impa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laguna Grande (Bolivia)
__NOTOC__ Laguna Grande is a lake in the Tarija Department, Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w .... At an elevation of 3,638 m, its surface area is 6.7 km2. See also * Tajzara Lake References Grande Landforms of Tarija Department {{Tarija-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tajzara Lake
__NOTOC__ Tajzara (pronounced ''Taxara'' in English) is a small region and lake on the arid Altiplano of Bolivia, located in the vicinity of Cordillera de Sama Biological Reserve, Yunchará, José María Avilés Province. Tarija Department, near the town of Iscayachi. Fauna and flora While the surrounding land might appear rather undistinguished, it is one of the most biologically unique locations in the world. The name Taxara is also synonymous with the shallow lake that marks the center of the region. At about 14,000 feet above sea level, it is an extremely high lake. Another unusual characteristic is that it is a salt lake. Throughout the year, it bustles with many species of aquatic fowl, including three types of flamingo--the Chilean flamingo, the Andean flamingo, and the James's flamingo--which are drawn to the lake by its wide expanse of shallow plateaus abounding with algae that constitute the birds' primary food source. Since it is the only sizable body of water in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
