Pantanal
The Pantanal is a natural region encompassing the world's largest tropical wetland place. It is located mostly within the Brazilian establish of Mato Grosso lead Sul, but it extends into Mato Grosso and portions of Bolivia and Paraguay. It sprawls on summit of an area estimated at amid 140,000 and 195,000 square kilometres (54,000 and 75,000 sq mi). Various subregional ecosystems exist, each furthermore flattering hydrological, geological and ecological characteristics; happening to 12 of them have been defined (RADAMBRASIL 1982).
Roughly 80% of the Pantanal floodplains are submerged during the rainy seasons, nurturing an startling biologically diverse accrual of aquatic natural world and helping to desist a dense array of animal species.
The publicize "Pantanal" comes from the Portuguese word pntano, meaning wetland, bog, swamp, quagmire or marsh. By comparison, the Brazilian highlands are locally referred to as the planalto, plateau or, literally, tall plain.
