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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Pantanal Conservation Area' has mentioned 'Region' in the following places:
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The Pantanal (Portuguese pronunciation:xc2xa0[pxc9x90xccx83taxcbx88naw]) is a natural region encompassing the world's largest tropical wetland area, and the world's largest flooded grasslands. | WIKI |
The Pantanal is a tropical wet and dry region with an average annual temperate of 21.5xc2xa0xc2xb0C (70.7xc2xa0xc2xb0F) and rainfall at 1,320xc2xa0mm (52xc2xa0in) a year. | WIKI |
[3] They shift between phases of standing water and phases of dry soil, when the water table can be well below the root region. | WIKI |
[3] Forests usually occur at higher altitudes of the region, while grasslands cover the seasonally inundated areas. | WIKI |
The Pantanal region includes essential sanctuaries for migratory birds, critical nursery grounds for aquatic life, and refuges for such creatures as the yacare caiman, deer, and Pantanal jaguar. | WIKI |
[21][9] There are 2500 fazendas in the region and up to eight million cattle. | WIKI |
Uncontrolled tourism and overuse of natural resources Deforestation Establishment of logging companies during political turmoils in the region resulted in peak deforestation rates between 1978-1989. | WIKI |
[17] Infrastructure development (shipping canals, raised roads, pipelines):[21] The proposed plan to dredge the Paraguay and Paranxc3xa1 Rivers to allow oceangoing ships to travel 3,442 kilometres (2,139xc2xa0mi) inland is of particular concern and could affect the hydrology (flooding and drainage cycles) of the region, and therefore impact the ecosystem. | WIKI |
"[27] Pantanal makes an appearance in Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands as a region called Caimanes. | WIKI |
This ecological gradient is unique to the whole Pantanal region and offers a dramatic landscape. | UNESCO |
The jaguar population in the property is probably the biggest in the entire Pantanal region. | UNESCO |
Considered as a phytogeographic region, the Pantanal is strongly influenced by neighbouring ecosystems (mainly those of the Cerrado and the Amazon, but also those of the Chaquenha and the Atlantic). | UNESCO |
This group, associating the Amolar Mountain chain with the wetland ecosystems, benefits from a major and unique ecological gradient in the region, contributing to the maintenance of the biological process. | UNESCO |
During flood periods, a part of the fauna (notably the largest mammals) migrate from the plain to the higher, drier regions, and during the more severe drought periods, the plain can be the only area in the region to remain humid, thus playing a precious role in the maintenace of the fauna. | UNESCO |
Furthermore, the region contains a remarkable diversity of aquatic plants. | UNESCO |
The level of fragility of the Pantanal is high and the effects of human practices (dredging, excessive fishing, deforestation, acute erosion, waste waters, waste materials, dams generating hydrodynamic changes, canalling of water courses) represent serious threats to the whole region. | UNESCO |
The plans for the construction of navigable water courses in the region or other similar projects represent a real threat to the entire Pantanal. | UNESCO |