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Ríos Blanco Y Negro Wildlife Reserve
Rios Blanco y Negro Wildlife Reserve () is a departmental protected area in Ñuflo de Chávez Province, Ñuflo de Chávez and Guarayos Province, Guarayos provinces in the northern part of the Bolivian department of Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia), Santa Cruz. It covers portions of the municipalities of Concepción, Santa Cruz, Concepción, Ascención de Guarayos, and Urubichá. The reserve covers 1,400,000 hectares. As a wildlife reserve, according to the General Regulation on Protected Areas (''Reglamento General de Áreas Protegidas''), its purpose is "the protection, management, and sustainable use of wildlife." Living in the vicinity of the protected area are the native Guarayo people, Guarayo and Chiquitano peoples, who engage in such diverse traditional activities as berry picking, Subsistence economy, subsistence hunting and fishing, and farming. Their products are sold at the local market. Purpose The reserve was created August 10, 1990, under Ministerial Resolution 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ñuflo De Chávez Province
Ñuflo de Chávez is one of the fifteen provinces of the Bolivian Santa Cruz Department and is situated in the northern and central parts of the department. The name of the province honors the conquistador Ñuflo de Chaves (1518–1556) who founded the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Its capital is Concepción. The province was created by law of September 16, 1915, during the presidency of Ismael Montes. Originally it was part of the Chiquitos Province.Official site of Ñuflo de Chávez Province (Spanish) Location Ñuflo de Chávez Province is located between 13° 45' and 17° 30' and between 61° 30' and 63° 25'[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seasonal Flooding
A season is a division of the year based on changes in weather, ecology, and the number of daylight hours in a given region. On Earth, seasons are the result of the axial parallelism of Earth's tilted orbit around the Sun. In temperate and polar regions, the seasons are marked by changes in the intensity of sunlight that reaches the Earth's surface, variations of which may cause animals to undergo hibernation or to migrate, and plants to be dormant. Various cultures define the number and nature of seasons based on regional variations, and as such there are a number of both modern and historical definitions of the seasons. The Northern Hemisphere experiences most direct sunlight during May, June, and July (thus the traditional celebration of Midsummer in June), as the hemisphere faces the Sun. For the Southern Hemisphere it is instead in November, December, and January. It is Earth's axial tilt that causes the Sun to be higher in the sky during the summer months, which increases ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
