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The climate is subtropical, with abundant and well distributed rainfall, ranging from 1,500 to 1,700 millimeters per year. The average annual temperature is 21 to 22 °C, having a marked difference in daytime and nighttime temperature in winter. The relative humidity is 70 to 80% and the prevailing
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It is part of an area inside the Gaza Protection Reservoir in which preliminary studies have demonstrated the need for the area to be integrated into the program since it possesses unique characteristics. Conservation is very important to preserve the area from
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The reserve has a panoramic viewpoint, which can be seen most of the wooded area, as well as the vast body of water formed by the dam. The combined resources of vegetation, water and topography give it inestimable value.
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clay. The levels of organic matter are generally high as a result of the prevailing vegetation, and is slightly acidic. There are also - though very few - hydromorphic soils belonging to the group of
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The topography of the area is flat, inclining slightly downward towards the reservoir, artificially created for the Itaipu power plant in 1982. The soils are predominantly
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The biological reserve of Pikyry is divided into distinct zones in order to handle them properly.
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winds are the northeast and southeast, encouraging and pleasant conditions of the place.
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among others. There exists, 300 metres within the preserve's border, a variety of
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There are several species of mammals, birds and reptiles for example: capybara (
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biological reserve
Alto Paraná Department
Paraguay
Paraná river
Itaipu dam
latosoles
gley
planosoles
Mbaracayu Biological Reserve
TatĂ­ YupĂ­ Refuge

Tabebuia
Cedrela fissilis
Patagonula American
Lauraceae
undergrowth
Piperaceae
Bromeliaceae

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