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| Flora
and Fauna
The vegetal covering is very diversified. In the Coast is seen the presence of seasonal vegetations limited to the rainfall months like the Atiquipa hills in Arequipa or the Pachacamac and Lachay hills near to Lima. Other areas of vegetation are made up by the beds of valleys, the association forest between Sapote and Algarrobo (Piura and Tumbes) are added to these areas.The Higlands shows the presence of underbrushes, cactus and small plants resistant to the drought, that is Puna's vegetation, from which the ichu is the most representative one and which extends up to the zone of snow capped mountains.The Jungle vegetation is represented by tropical forests where wood trees or useful resin trees are alternated with the presence of palm trees and Orchidaceae plants.The Peruvian fauna is represented by native animals about to disappear in spite of the measures taken in order to avoid the extinction. The Coast does not have many species, outstanding the deer, iguana, skunk and gigant turtle. There are great diversity of fish in the rivers with an abundance of common prawns. The Highlands are characterized by the presence of alpacas and vicuá¤áas which economic usefulness is to supply wool and meat for the population. Likewise, there are deers, chinchillas and viscachas in this region. In the lakes, there are birds like seagulls, parihuanas, patillos and dabchicks.In the Jungle, there is a diversified fauna like the jaguar, big snakes, crocodiles, wild boars, papagayos, parrots and other kind of birds. It is possible to catch caimans and turtles in the rivers; the Peruvian Sea is recognized by its production of corvinas, lenguados, anchoveta, bonito, crustacean and shellfish. It has also sharks, sperm whales and whales.Birds have an economic importance because of the guano deposite in the shore which makes possible the guano deposits used as fertilizer in the agriculture. |
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