Pantanal Conservation Area World Heritage Site

Official name

Pantanal Conservation Area | UNESCO

Country

Brazil | Map

Continent

South America

Location

Southwest of the State of Mato Grosso and Northwest of the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, adjacent to the Brazil/Bolivian borders
-17.7166° Lat, -57.3833° Lon | Map

Code

999

Time Zone

America/Sao_Paulo (-03, -0300)

Current Time

Category

Natural

Description

Inscribed 2000. The Pantanal Conservation Area consists of a cluster of four protected areas with a total area of 187,818 ha. Located in western central Brazil at the south-west corner of the State of Mato Grosso, the site represents 1.3% of Brazil's Pantanal region, one of the world's largest freshwater wetland ecosystems. The headwaters of the region's two major river systems, the Cuiabá and the Paraguay rivers, are located here, and the abundance and diversity of its vegetation and animal life are spectacular.