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The Pantanal (Portuguese pronunciation: [pɐ̃taˈnaw]) 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 .
The Pantanal — the world's largest tropical wetland area, and an ecoregion of the Flooded grasslands and savannas biome in South America. It is located primarily within Mato Grosso do Sul state of Brazil , and extends into Mato Grosso state, Bolivia , and Paraguay .
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Pantanal Matogrossense National Park has an area of 135,606 hectares (335,090 acres). It is in the Pantanal biome.The park was created by decree nº 86.392 on 24 September 1981, and is managed by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio). [2]
The English Pronouncing Dictionary (EPD) was created by the British phonetician Daniel Jones and was first published in 1917. [1] It originally comprised over 50,000 headwords listed in their spelling form, each of which was given one or more pronunciations transcribed using a set of phonemic symbols based on a standard accent.