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Views of Peru |
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La Costa |
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Most of La Costa is dry, due to the rain shadow created by the Andes. Some places are drier deserts than the Sahara, particularly near the Chilean border. There are green and fertile places where rivers leave the Andes for the sea. Such a river is the Canete River in Lunahuana. |
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Erosion in the deserts of Peru |
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Aerial view of the Paracas Peninsula, Peru |
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Graveyard near Nazca, Peru |
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The Candelabra of the Paracas Peninsula, Peru |
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The hummingbird of Nazca, Peru |
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The Cathedral of Paracas National Park, Peru (c) Alex Seeley |
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The Caneta River |
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Sand dunes in Ica, Peru |
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Petroglyphs in Majes Canyon, Arequipa, Peru |
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The Sechura Desert in the North coast of Peru |
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La Sierra |
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The central highland is dominated by the Cordillera de los Andes. The Andes have some of the highest mountains in the world, including Huascaran (6768 m) and Yerupaja (6634 m). Some of the individual cordilleras making up the Andes include the Cordilleras Blanca, Raura, and Huayhuash. In the south, Colca Canyon is twice as deep as the Grand Canyon and is considered by some to the be the deepest Canyon on Earth. Many lakes dot the mountains, including the high and historic Lake Titicaca. At 3856 m, it is the highest navigable lake in the world and the largest lake in South America. It is located in the Altiplano, at the very southern border of Peru. |
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Lake Titicaca |
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Cordillera Blanca (Lake Churup to the right, Mount Taulliraju right below). |
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Huascara Mountain, the highest peak in Peru. |
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Cordillera Raura, Peru |
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Near Machu Picchu, Peru |
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La Selva |
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The great Amazon River is born in the joining of the Maranon and the Ucayali. The Urubamba is a major tributary of the Rio Amazonas, flowing from the mountains near Machu Picchu. The rainforest is embraced in the eastern half of the country. The rainforests of Peru, in fact, are some of the most intact in the entire continent. Between the Amazon Basin and the Andes is the cloud forest, growing on the eastern flanks of the mountains, humid and moderate climes. |
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Manu Biosphere Preserve, Peru |
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