Megantoni National Sanctuary (''Santuario Nacional de Megantoni'') is a
protected area
Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the ena ...
in
Peru
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situated in the
Cusco Region
Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (; qu, Qusqu suyu ), is a department and region in Peru and is the fourth largest department in the country, after Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It borders the departments of Ucayali on the north; Madre de D ...
,
La Convención Province
La Convención Province is the largest of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru.
As part of the higher-altitude Amazon basin at the foot of the Andes, La Convención is one of three Peruvian provinces that promin ...
,
Echarate and
Megantoni districts. It protects a part of the
Peruvian Yungas
The Peruvian Yungas is a tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion in the Yungas of Peru.
Setting
The Peruvian Yungas occur on the eastern slopes and valleys of the Peruvian Andes. They form a transition zone between the Southwes ...
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 l ...
.
See also
*
Machiguenga Communal Reserve The Machiguenga Communal Reserve (''Reserva Comunal Machiguenga'') is a protected area in Peru located in the Cusco Region, La Convención Province, Megantoni district.
See also
* Machiguenga
* Natural and Cultural Peruvian Heritage
* Meganton ...
*
Natural and Cultural Peruvian Heritage
This is a list of protected areas in Peru.
Natural heritage
The Constitution of Peru of 1993 recognized the natural resources and ecosystem variety of its country as a heritage. In 1990, the National System of Natural Areas that are protecte ...
References
External links
www.enjoyperu.com / Megantoni National Sanctuary(Spanish)
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National sanctuaries of Peru
Geography of Cusco Region
Protected areas established in 2004