|
Transpantaneira
The Transpantaneira, also known as MT-060, is a road that crosses the pantanal, in the state of Mato Grosso in Brazil. The road is a link between the city of Poconé Poconé is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the states of Brazil, state of Mato Grosso in the Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West Region of Brazil. The Bento Gomes River passes within a few kilometers of the village. The municipal ... and the town of Porto Jofre. It is long and crosses no less than 122 wooden bridges. The road provides opportunity for wild life watching, especially in dry season. References {{MatoGrosso-geo-stub Transport in Mato Grosso Pantanal Highways in Mato Grosso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porto Jofre
Porto Jofre is a settlement in southern Brazil, located on the Cuiabá River in western Mato Grosso state. It is at the end of the ''Transpantaneira'' Road. The Pantanal Matogrossense National Park is in the area downstream. Habitat Porto Jofre is within the diverse Pantanal ecosystem and region, and is adjacent to wetlands with marshland habitats rich in waterfowl, migratory birds, and other wildlife. They are protected Ramsar Convention and World Heritage Site World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection under an treaty, international treaty administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance. The sites are judged to contain "cultural and natural ...s. References External linksofficial Porto Jofre website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mato Grosso
Mato Grosso ( – ) is one of the states of Brazil, the List of Brazilian states by area, third largest by area, located in the Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West region. The state has 1.66% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for 1.9% of the Brazilian GDP. Neighboring states (from west clockwise) are: Rondônia, Amazonas State, Brazil, Amazonas, Pará, Tocantins, Goiás and Mato Grosso do Sul. It is divided into 142 municipalities and covers an area of 903,357 square kilometers, consequently the state is roughly 82.2% of the size of its southwest neighbor, the nation of Bolivia. A state with a flat landscape that alternates between vast ''chapadas'' and plain areas, Mato Grosso contains three main ecosystems: the Cerrado, the Pantanal and the Amazon rainforest. The Chapada dos Guimarães National Park, with its caves, grottoes, tracks, and waterfalls, is one of its tourist attractions. The extreme northwest of the state has a small part of the Amazonian fores ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pantanal Gate (31676283802)
The Pantanal () is a natural region encompassing the world's largest tropical wetland area, and the world's largest flooded grasslands. It is located mostly within the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul, but it extends into Mato Grosso and portions of Bolivia and Paraguay. It sprawls over an area estimated at between . Various subregional ecosystems exist, each with distinct hydrological, geological, and ecological characteristics; up to 12 of them have been defined.Susan Mcgrath, photos by Joel Sartore (August 2005) "Brazil's Wild Wet", ''National Geographic Magazine''. Roughly 80% of the Pantanal floodplains are submerged during the rainy seasons, nurturing a biologically diverse collection of aquatic plants and helping to support a dense array of animal species. Etymology The name "Pantanal" comes from the Portuguese word and the Spanish word ''pantano'' that mean "swamp", "wetland", "bog", "quagmire", or "marsh" plus the suffix ''-al'', that means "abundance, agglomer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
