Las Piedras District Explained

Las Piedras
Native Name Lang:es
Settlement Type:District
Mapsize:frameless
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Peru
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Madre de Dios
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Tambopata
Parts Type:Subdivisions
Parts Style:para
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:December 26, 1912
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Las Piedras
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:José Angel Ayala Apaza
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:7032.21
Elevation M:260
Population Total:6072
Population As Of:2005 census
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:PET
Utc Offset1:-5
Blank Name Sec1:UBIGEO
Blank Info Sec1:170103

Las Piedras District is one of four districts of the province Tambopata in Peru.[1]

Bordered by the Rio Mavila on the northern boundary and the Rio Las Piedras to the south, the district comprises typical uninhabited lowland neotropical rainforest;[2] largely moist broadleaf evergreen or semi-evergreen with overstorey canopy and emergent crowns; medium layer canopy; lower canopy; and shrub level and understory.[3]

The forest-structure is influenced by the flood regimes of the Las Piedras River, a highly meandering, white-water affluent of the Madre de Dios River.[4]

References

-12.2378°N -69.2779°W

Notes and References

  1. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital . Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. Tobes . Ibon . Ramos-Merchante . Adrián . Araujo-Flores . Julio . Pino-del-Carpio . Andrea . Ortega . Hernán . Miranda . Rafael . 2021 . Fish Ecology of the Alto Madre de Dios River Basin (Peru): Notes on Electrofishing Surveys, Elevation, Palm Swamp and Headwater Fishes . Water . en . 13 . 8 . 1038 . 10.3390/w13081038 . 2073-4441. free . 10171/60364 . free .
  3. Wade . Timothy . Riitters . Kurt . Wickham . James . Jones . K. Bruce . 2003-09-04 . Distribution and Causes of Global Forest Fragmentation . Conservation Ecology . en . 7 . 2 . 10.5751/ES-00530-070207 . 10535/2530 . 1195-5449. free .
  4. Hamilton . Stephen . Kellndorfer . Josef . Lehner . Bernhard . Tobler . Mathias . 2007-09-01 . Remote sensing of floodplain geomorphology as a surrogate for biodiversity in a tropical river system (Madre de Dios, Peru) . Geomorphology . 89 . 1–2 . 23–38 . 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.07.024. 2007Geomo..89...23H .