- The total area is around 240,000 square kilometers and is situated in Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay. In Brazil the Pantanal is situated in the states of Mato Grosso...
- Pantanal, floodplain in south-central Brazil that extends into northeast Paraguay and southeast Bolivia.
- Explore the Pantanal from all corners with this guide to the beauty of this national park and UNESCO World Heritage site.
- This Bolivian Pantanal is only the part present in Bolivia considering that the Pantanal is divided into Brazil, Paraguay, and Bolivia, filling a surface area of almost...
- The Paraguay river “is like the main artery feeding the veins of the Pantanal’s body – if this artery gets blocked, the whole body breaks down”, he says.
- The Pantanal is divided into the Northern Pantanal, which is slightly higher, and the Southern Pantanal where the wetland environment is at its most intense.
- Since Paraguay, the gateway to the Pantanal is the city of Fuerte Olimpo, located on the left bank of Paraguay River, on the border with Brazil.
- It contains the headwaters of the region’s two major river systems, the Cuiabá and the Paraguay rivers. The Pantanal offers a glorious abundance and diversity...
- A variety of fish species thrive in the Pantanal's water bodies. Conversely, during the dry season much of the water in the basin drains off into the Paraguay River.