The Cotahuasi Subbasin Landscape Reserve ( es, Reserva Paisajística Sub Cuenca del Cotahuasi) is a
protected area in
Peru
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located in the
Arequipa Region,
La Unión Province.
It protects part of the
Central Andean puna
The Central Andean puna is a montane grasslands and shrublands ecoregion in the Andes of southern Peru, Bolivia, and northern Argentina.
Setting
The landscape in this ecoregion consists of high mountains with permanent snow and ice, meadows, lak ...
and
Sechura Desert
The Sechura Desert is a coastal desert located south of the Piura Region of Peru along the Pacific Ocean coast and inland to the foothills of the Andes Mountains. Its extreme aridity is caused by the upwelling of cold coastal waters and subtrop ...
ecoregion
An ecoregion (ecological region) or ecozone (ecological zone) is an ecologically and geographically defined area that is smaller than a bioregion, which in turn is smaller than a biogeographic realm. Ecoregions cover relatively large areas of ...
s.
See also
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Cotahuasi Canyon
*
Mawk'allaqta
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Natural and Cultural Peruvian Heritage
References
External links
www.aedes.com.pe / Images of plants in the Cotahuasi Subbasin Landscape Reserve(Spanish)
Geography of Arequipa Region
Protected areas established in 2005
Landscape reserves of Peru
2005 establishments in Peru
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