Salinas and Aguada Blanca National Reservation
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IUCN category II (national park)
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 Location of Salinas and Aguada Blanca in Peru |
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| Location | Arequipa and Moquegua Peru |
| Area | 25 km² |
The Salinas and Aguada Blanca National Reservations are located in Arequipa and Moquegua. Their main purpose is to preserve the flora, fauna and the landscapes formation. They lie within the Central Andean puna and Sechura Desert ecoregions.[1]
[edit] Sources
- ^ Olson, D. M, E. Dinerstein, et al (2001). "Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World: A New Map of Life on Earth". BioScience 51 (11): 933–938. doi:10.1641/0006-3568(2001)051[0933:TEOTWA]2.0.CO;2. http://gis.wwfus.org/wildfinder/.
- Ugarte-Nunez, Joaquin A.; Lourdes Mosaurieta-Echegaray (2000). "Assessment of Threats to Flamingos at the Salinas and Aguada Blanca National Nature Reserve (Arequipa, Peru)". Waterbirds: the International Journal of Waterbird Biology (Waterbird Society) 23 (Special Publication 1: Conservation Biology of Flamingos): 134–140. doi:10.2307/1522158. JSTOR 1522158.
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Coordinates: 16°06′08″S 71°13′08″W / 16.1021°S 71.219°W
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