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buoys, and has male and female changing rooms. Lifeguards are on duty on long weekends. Sports fishing is allowed with limitations, and only earthworms are allowed as live bait. Kayaks and paddle boats can be rented. Rowing boats and boats with electric motors can be used to tour the lagoon, but disembarkation is not allowed.
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The park has rich fauna, including 77 species of mammals in 9 orders, with 7 species of primates. 12 species of mammal are on the national list of endangered species. 325 species of birds have been recorded, including 20 considered endangered. The lagoons are home to 27 species of fish. 38 species of
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of Mato Grosso. This is a system of forty natural lagoons including the 6.7 square kilometres (2.6 sq mi) Lagoa Dom Helvécio, with a depth of up to 32.5 metres (107 ft). The lake system is at an altitude of 300 metres (980 ft). The lakes are 20 metres (66 ft) above the river,
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There were more than 21,000 visitors in 2000. The park is open for visits
Tuesday to Sunday and holidays from 08:00 to 17:00. There is parking, a camping area, changing rooms, a restaurant, amphitheater, visitor center, research center, plant nursery and environment police post. The main attraction
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The Dom Helvécio Lagoon in the southwest of the park is the largest natural lagoon in Brazil. There is a public beach on the bank of the lagoon at the end of the park road, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from the entrance, which may be used for swimming and sports fishing. It is delimited by a cord of
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In the 1970s some tourism infrastructure was established. A renovation was undertaken from 1986 to 1993, when the park was reopened to visitors. The park became an administrative unit of the State
Forestry Institute (IEF) through law 11.337 of 1993. As of 2002, when the management plan was issued,
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Average annual rainfall is 1,480.3 millimetres (58.28 in), with a dry period from May to
September. Mean annual temperature is 21.9 °C (71.4 °F). The park contains a remnant of
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in various stages of succession. It is the largest contiguous remnant of
Atlantic forest in Minas Gerais, with 1,129 plant species from 134 families. Trees such as
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Threats include illegal hunting and fishing, fires, urban sprawl in the municipality of TimĂłteo and road kill on the Ponte
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187:Designated
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519:See also
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322:sapucaia
273:Pantanal
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240:Location
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