Las Piedras District
Las Piedras | |
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| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Madre de Dios |
| Province | Tambopata |
| Founded | December 26, 1912 |
| Capital | Las Piedras |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | José Angel Ayala Apaza |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7,032.21 km2 (2,715.15 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 260 m (850 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 6,072 |
| • Density | 0.86/km2 (2.2/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 170103 |
Las Piedras District is one of four districts of the province Tambopata in Peru.[1]
Bordered by the Rio Mavila on the northern boundary and the Rio Las Piedras to the south, the district comprises typical uninhabited lowland neotropical rainforest;[2] largely moist broadleaf evergreen or semi-evergreen with overstorey canopy and emergent crowns; medium layer canopy; lower canopy; and shrub level and understory.[3]
The forest-structure is influenced by the flood regimes of the Las Piedras River, a highly meandering, white-water affluent of the Madre de Dios River.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ Tobes, Ibon; Ramos-Merchante, Adrián; Araujo-Flores, Julio; Pino-del-Carpio, Andrea; Ortega, Hernán; Miranda, Rafael (2021). "Fish Ecology of the Alto Madre de Dios River Basin (Peru): Notes on Electrofishing Surveys, Elevation, Palm Swamp and Headwater Fishes". Water. 13 (8): 1038. doi:10.3390/w13081038. hdl:10171/60364. ISSN 2073-4441.
- ^ Wade, Timothy; Riitters, Kurt; Wickham, James; Jones, K. Bruce (2003-09-04). "Distribution and Causes of Global Forest Fragmentation". Conservation Ecology. 7 (2). doi:10.5751/ES-00530-070207. hdl:10535/2530. ISSN 1195-5449.
- ^ Hamilton, Stephen; Kellndorfer, Josef; Lehner, Bernhard; Tobler, Mathias (2007-09-01). "Remote sensing of floodplain geomorphology as a surrogate for biodiversity in a tropical river system (Madre de Dios, Peru)". Geomorphology. 89 (1–2): 23–38. Bibcode:2007Geomo..89...23H. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.07.024.
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