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Pantanal

The Pantanal (, ) is a natural region encompassing the world's largest tropical wetland area, and the world's largest flooded grasslands. It is located mostly within the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul, but it extends into Mato Grosso and portions of Bolivia and Paraguay. It sprawls over an area estimated at between . Various subregional ecosystems exist, each with distinct hydrological, geological, and ecological characteristics; up to 12 of them have been defined.

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The Pantanal is the world's largest tropical wetland and flooded grassland, located primarily in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul with portions extending into other Brazilian states and into Bolivia and Paraguay. It encompasses diverse subregional ecosystems with distinct hydrological, geological, and ecological characteristics, making it an ecologically complex natural region of significant global importance.

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Key facts

Ecoregion.name: Pantanal
Ecoregion.image: Pantanal, south-central South America 5170.jpg
Ecoregion.caption: Typical Pantanal scenery
Ecoregion.map: Ecoregion NT0907.svg
Ecoregion.map_caption: Map of the Pantanal ecoregion
Ecoregion.ecozone: Neotropical
Ecoregion.biome: Flooded grasslands and savannas
Ecoregion.area: 195,000
Ecoregion.country1: Brazil
Ecoregion.country2: Bolivia
Ecoregion.country3: Paraguay
Ecoregion.global200: Pantanal flooded savannas
UNESCO World Heritage Site.WHS: Pantanal Conservation Area
UNESCO World Heritage Site.child: yes
UNESCO World Heritage Site.location: Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay
UNESCO World Heritage Site.criteria: (vii), (ix), (x)
UNESCO World Heritage Site.ID: 999
UNESCO World Heritage Site.year: 2000

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Contents

Etymology
Geography and geology
Climate
Hydrodynamics
Flora
Fauna
Gallery
Threats
Protected areas
Main cities
See also
References
External links

Roughly 80% of the Pantanal floodplains are submerged during the rainy seasons, nurturing a biologically diverse collection of aquatic plants and helping to support a dense array of animal species.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pantanal” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.