Pantanal

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UNESCO World Heritage Site biosphere reserve ecoregion floodplain tropical wetland

The Pantanal is one of the world’s largest tropical wetlands, renowned for its extraordinary biodiversity and vast seasonally flooded plains in central South America.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Pantanal wetlands 2
Mato Grosso 1
Pantanal region of Brazil 1

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
biosphere reserve ⓘ
ecoregion ⓘ
floodplain ⓘ
tropical wetland ⓘ
area approximately 140000 square kilometers ⓘ
approximately 195000 square kilometers ⓘ
biodiversityStatus one of the world’s most biodiverse tropical wetlands ⓘ
climate tropical ⓘ
containsHabitat forests ⓘ
grasslands ⓘ
lagoons ⓘ
rivers ⓘ
savannas ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
countryPortionIn Bolivia contains part of the Pantanal ⓘ
Brazil contains about 80 percent of the Pantanal ⓘ
Paraguay ⓘ
surface form: Paraguay contains part of the Pantanal
countrySubdivision Mato Grosso region of Brazil ⓘ
surface form: Mato Grosso

Mato Grosso do Sul ⓘ
drainedBy Paraguay River ⓘ
economicActivity cattle ranching ⓘ
ecotourism ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
etymology derived from Portuguese word for swamp or marshland ⓘ
floodRegime seasonal flooding ⓘ
hasSeason dry season ⓘ
rainy season ⓘ
knownFor birdwatching opportunities ⓘ
extraordinary biodiversity ⓘ
high density of wildlife ⓘ
jaguar sightings ⓘ
seasonally flooded plains ⓘ
languageOfToponym Portuguese ⓘ
locatedIn Bolivia ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
Paraguay ⓘ
majorCityGateway Campo Grande ⓘ
Cuiabá ⓘ
partOf Paraguay River ⓘ
surface form: Upper Paraguay River Basin
recognizedBy UNESCO ⓘ
supportsSpecies anaconda ⓘ
caiman ⓘ
capybara ⓘ
giant anteater ⓘ
giant otter ⓘ
hyacinth macaw ⓘ
jaguar ⓘ
marsh deer ⓘ
numerous migratory birds ⓘ
piranha ⓘ
threatenedBy agricultural expansion ⓘ
climate change ⓘ
deforestation ⓘ
hydroelectric dams ⓘ
wildfires ⓘ
UNESCODesignation Biosphere Reserve ⓘ
World Heritage Site ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 2000 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brazil → contains → Pantanal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pantanal wetlands
Percy Fawcett → deathPlace → Pantanal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mato Grosso
Paraguay River → flowsThrough → Pantanal ⓘ
South America → hasMajorWetland → Pantanal ⓘ
subject surface form: Mato Grosso
subject surface form: Mato Grosso
this entity surface form: Pantanal wetlands
Solenopsis invicta → nativeTo → Pantanal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pantanal region of Brazil