Sierra del Divisor
The Sierra del Divisor ( Spanish ), Portuguese Serra do Divisor , is a 200 to just under 900 meter high low mountain range and highlands in the extreme (north) west of Brazil and in eastern Peru .
The mountain range separates - hence divisor - the Brazilian states of Acre and, to a small extent north of it, the Amazon from the Peruvian regions of Loreto and Ucayali . It also acts as a watershed between the Ucayali rivers in Peru and the Juruá rivers in Brazil.
The area consists mainly of rainforest and has a high biodiversity . The Brazilian part is a national park with almost 847,000 hectares and has been nominated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site , while the Peruvian part with around 1,500,000 hectares - since 2015 under the name Sierra del Divisor National Park - is under nature protection . Examples of endangered primates are the red uakari and the spring tamarin .
Human settlement is low. There are several indigenous ethnic groups. The largest settlements are on the outskirts of the two large rivers Ucayali and Juruá.
Web links
- Perú crea el Parque Nacional Sierra del Divisor en la frontera con Brasil (Spanish)
- Perú: Sierra del Divisor, nueva área protegida de casi 1.5 million de hectáreas en la amazonia (Spanish)
- A paradise for adventurers: Sierra del Divisor Natural Reserve (English)
- Serra do Divisor National Park (English)
- Amazônia de A a Z (Portuguese)
- Rapid Biological Inventories: Results from the Field: Perú 17 (English)
Coordinates: 7 ° 33 ′ 30.8 ″ S , 73 ° 52 ′ 19.5 ″ W.