Ibirapuitã Biological Reserve
Ibirapuitã Biological Reserve ( pt, Reserva Biológica de Ibirapuitã) is a state-operated biological reserve in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. History The reserve was created by decree Nº 31.788 of 27 June 1982. It has an area of and lies in the municipality of Alegrete in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The reserve lies in the pampas biome. Status As of 2009 the State Biological Reserve was a "strict nature reserve" under IUCN protected area category Ia. The reserve is in the west of the state on the banks of the lbirapuitã River. It is the only area of full protection to preserve the native grasslands and riparian forest that are home to the black howler (Alouatta caraya). The area is mostly covered by grass species, with a few espinilho (Vachellia caven) and aroeira-pretas (Myracrodruon urundeuva). Riparian vegetation includes angico-vermelho (Anadenanthera colubrina ), camboim (Myrciaria delicatula), embira (Daphnopsis) and espinheira-santa ( Maytenus ilici ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  

Alegrete
Alegrete is a municipality in Rio Grande do Sul located in southern Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area .... Its medium altitude is . Its estimated population in 2020 was 73,028 inhabitants and the total area is (the largest municipality of the State and of Southern Brazil). Its inhabitants are called ''Alegretenses''. Alegrete was settled in 1816 and became a municipality in 1857. It is the hometown of the abolitionist leader Franklin Gomes Souto, of the politician, diplomat and statesman Osvaldo Aranha, first President of the United Nations General Assembly, and of the Brazilian poet Mário Quintana. Every September 20 ( Ragamuffin War Day), about 8,000 young, adult and old horsemen and horsewomen parade through its streets, using their native costume ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]