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The Bolivian Yungas is a tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion in the Yungas of central Bolivia. [2] Setting ... Amboró National Park;
The Yungas (Aymara yunka warm or temperate Andes or earth, Quechua yunka warm area on the slopes of the Andes) [1] [2] is a bioregion of a narrow band of forest along the eastern slope of the Andes Mountains from Peru and Bolivia, and extends into Northwest Argentina at the slope of the Andes pre-cordillera. It is a transitional zone between ...
The Southern Andean Yungas consists of a mesic evergreen forest, with trees typically less than 15 metres (49 ft) tall. [citation needed] The species composition of the forests varies with elevation and precipitation. The foothill forests are a transition between the Yungas and the semi-arid Dry Chaco of the lowlands.
Pilón Lajas Biosphere Reserve and Communal Lands (Reserva de Biosfera y Tierra Comunitaria de Origen Pilón Lajas) is a protected area in Bolivia located in the departments of La Paz (Sud Yungas, Larecaja and Franz Tamayo provinces) and Beni (José Ballivián Province), in their northern and western parts, respectively, about 350 km northeast of La Paz and 50 km west of San Borja.
Map of protected areas of Bolivia. Status as of 2008: Name Photo Location Area ... Otuquis National Park: Santa Cruz Department: 10,059 km 2 (3,884 sq mi) 1997
The geography and climate of Bolivia has led to the formation a wide variety of lakes, from salt saturated lakes in the Altiplano to oxbow lakes in the eastern lowlands. Many of Bolivias lakes are formed only seasonally during the austral summer and remains for the rest of the year as salt flats in the altiplano or swamps in the eastern lowlands.
Laram Quta (Aymara larama blue, quta lake, [1] "blue lake", also spelled Laram Kkota) is a lake in the Cordillera Real in the Andes of Bolivia.It is located in the La Paz Department, Sud Yungas Province, Irupana Municipality.
View of San Francisco in las Southern Andean Yungas. View of Provincial Route 56. View of the Yala Lagoon. There are three main areas in Jujuy: The Altiplano, a plateau 3,500 meters (11,500 ft) high with peaks of 5,000 meters (16,000 ft), covers most of the province.