Ecological Expeditions by Pantanal Trekking tour

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It's a tipically pastoral region of large farms rearing cattle of the Zebu,national,"pantaneira".These are the best pastures of the States of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul,even though threatened with extintion there is still plenty of interesting wildlife:rhea,capybaras,wood ibis,monkeys,lizards,anacondas,coati,agouti,anteater,armadillo,white-lipped peccary,white-collared pecary,tapir, deer,ocelot,jaguar,puma,giant otters,millions of alligators. In Pantanal there are 650 species of birds,264 species of fishes,80 species of mammals and 50 species of reptiles. The high concetration of wildilife and the enviroment is composed predominantly of “cerrado” open grass lands on the lower lying clay soils makes itself the best conserved and untouched ecosystem on the planet. This vast inner delta was formed by the receding of the great Pre-Andean depression.Lacking the necessary inclination to drain away heavy rainfall,the Paraguay River and its tributaries overflow banks,depositing sediments,thus enriching the soil and conveying seeds and nutrients to natural pastures.Heavy rainfall,characteristic of the peculiar rainfaill cycle of the Pantanal,averages annual precipitation varying from 1,300 to 1,450mm.The landplains are periodically flooded,and this changeable drainage pattern alters the local topography,resulting in a diversified scenery of small and broad rivers,feeder streams,lakes,ponds,lagoons. During the wet season they intercommunicate and mingle with river water from the Paraguay,carrying the necessary elements to the revival of the local ecosystems.