Rupa-Rupa

Rupa-Rupa

Rupa-Rupa

Geographic region of Peru


Rupa-Rupa or High Jungle is one of the eight natural regions of Peru. It is located between 400 and 1,000 m above the sea level to the east of the Andes mountain range in the Amazon basin of Peru. This region has many long, narrow valleys and fluvial mountain trails (canyons called pongos). The weather is warm, humid, and rainy.

Hot springs in the Rupa-Rupa Region, Amazonas, Peru.

This region has a tropical flora.

The fauna includes the Brazilian tapir (sachavaca, also called mountain cow), the white-lipped peccary (huangana), and the jaguar (otorongo).

Rupa Rupa is the hottest region in Peru.[1]

Overview

Andean Continental Divide

More information Westside, Eastside ...

Mountain Top:

See also


Literature

  1. Pulgar Vidal, Javier: Geografía del Perú; Las Ocho Regiones Naturales del Perú. Edit. Universo S.A., Lima 1979. First Edition (his dissertation of 1940): Las ocho regiones naturales del Perú, Boletín del Museo de historia natural „Javier Prado“, n° especial, Lima, 1941, 17, pp. 145–161.


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