The Cotahuasi Subbasin Landscape Reserve ( es, Reserva Paisajística Sub Cuenca del Cotahuasi) is a protected area in

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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 ...

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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 {{SouthAm-protected-area-stub

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