The reserve comprises the Pucacuro River basin, a forested area with hills, river terraces, seasonally flooded terrain, swamps, meandering rivers and ca. 40 oxbow lakes. Besides the Pucacuro River (a tributary of the Tigre River), other important rivers in the reserve are the Aleman and Baratillo rivers.[1]
pucacuro, national, reserve, spanish, reserva, nacional, pucacuro, protected, area, peru, located, region, loreto, iucn, category, protected, area, with, sustainable, natural, resources, location, peruloreto, regionnearest, cityintuto, loreto, province, loreto. Pucacuro National Reserve Spanish Reserva Nacional Pucacuro is a protected area in Peru located in the region of Loreto 1 Pucacuro National ReserveIUCN category VI protected area with sustainable use of natural resources Location PeruLoreto RegionNearest cityIntuto Loreto Province Loreto RegionCoordinates2 26 53 S 75 20 29 W 2 44806 S 75 34139 W 2 44806 75 34139Area637 953 83 ha 1 576 411 9 acres 2463 15 mi2 6379 54 km2 Established24 October 2010Governing bodySERNANP Contents 1 Geography 2 Ecology 2 1 Flora 3 References 4 External linksGeography editThe reserve comprises the Pucacuro River basin a forested area with hills river terraces seasonally flooded terrain swamps meandering rivers and ca 40 oxbow lakes Besides the Pucacuro River a tributary of the Tigre River other important rivers in the reserve are the Aleman and Baratillo rivers 1 Ecology editThe reserve is located in the Napo moist forests ecoregion 1 Flora edit Plant species present in the reserve include Mauritia flexuosa Oenocarpus bataua Astrocaryum chambira Iriartea deltoidea Euterpe precatoria Couma macrocarpa Parahancornia peruviana Ceiba pentandra Socratea exorrhiza Cedrela odorata Vochysia lomatophylla Simarouba amara Calophyllum brasiliense Cedrelinga cateniformis Iryanthera macrophylla Osteophloeum platyspermum Ocotea aciphylla etc 2 References edit a b c Pucacuro Servicio Nacional de Areas Naturales Protegidas por el Estado www sernanp gob pe in European Spanish Retrieved 2018 11 25 Reserva Nacional Pucacuro Diagnostico del proceso de elaboracion del plan maestro in Spanish SERNANP 2013 pp 30 31 External links editPucacuro National Reserve Profile at Protectedplanet net nbsp This article related to a protected area in South America is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Loreto Region geography article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pucacuro National Reserve amp oldid 1159751490, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
