Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park

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Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park is located in the Chapada dos Veadeiros, an ancient plateau with an estimated age of 1.8 billion years[1]. The Park was created in 1961 by President Juscelino Kubitscheck, and listed as a World Heritage Site by Unesco in 2001.

Many endangered species are found within the park's boundaries, such as the maned wolf, capybaras, rheas and others.


Photos of Chapada dos Veadeiros by Alex Uchoa

[edit] References

  1. ^ Pinto, Fernanda Iema. "Chapada dos Veadeiros", Folha Online. Retrieved on 2007-02-19. (in Portuguese)


[edit] See also

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World Heritage Sites in Brazil

Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves · Brasília · Central Amazon Conservation Complex · Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas · Diamantina · Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves · Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas · Goiás · Iguaçu · Olinda · Ouro Preto · Pantanal Conservation Area · Salvador de Bahia · Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Congonhas · São Luís · Serra da Capivara

with Argentina
Ruins of São Miguel das Missões (Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis)

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