101. PES Peru: General Information Although this simple division is a fair portrait of peru s geography, the reality is much richer and far more complex in peru, nature appears to have taken http://www.stanford.edu/group/peruanos/informa/general.htm

Peruanos en Stanford - PES Main Page About us Communication Activities ... Contact Peru: General Information Geography Peru is divided into three regions: The Coast : which features deserts, beautiful beaches and fertile valleys. Highlands : a mountainous area dominated by the Andes, where Mount Huascaran soars to 6,768 meters. Jungle :a vast region of tropical vegetation in the Amazon River Basin, home to Peru's largest natural reserves Although this simple division is a fair portrait of Peru's geography, the reality is much richer and far more complex: in Peru, nature appears to have taken on particular characteristics which have turned its mountains, plains, jungles and valleys into unique habitats. An extraordinary variety of eco-systems shelters a wide diversity of animals and plants. Surface Area With an area of 1,285,215 square km , Peru is the third-largest country in South America after Brazil and Argentina, ranking it amongst the world's 20 largest nations. Peru also holds sway over the sea up to 200 miles from the Peruvian coast and has territorial rights to an area of 60 million hectares in the Antarctic.

102. CULTUREFOCUS: Peru Photos. Pictures From Cuzco And Inca History. VIRTUAL peru. An excellent site about the history, geography, culture and people of geography, history and archaeology of peru from Vantage Adventures. http://www.culturefocus.com/peru.htm

HOME Machu Picchu Nazca and Paracas Lake Titicaca Peru LAND OF THE INCAS Peru in South America is a fascinating country. Geographically, Peru encompasses an arid coastal desert, the rugged snow-capped peaks of the Andes, and steamy rainforests that form part of the vast Amazon basin. Historically, the region has seen the development of cultures such as the Inca whose legacies remain to mystify travelers and archaeologists to this day. The Inca culture was the last to arise in Peru before the arrival of adventurers and plunderers from overseas... Rise and fall of the Incas In the fifteenth century, the Inca state began to expand under the rule of the emperor Pachacuti. Other cultures were conquered and assimilated to create the most powerful empire in the New World. At its peak the Inca empire stretched for 5500 kilometers from what is now southern Columbia down through Peru to central Chile. Many descendants of the Incas still live in the Peru highlands. The Incas built the staggering citadel of Machu Picchu in a dramatic mountain setting. Machu Picchu survives as the most famous legacy of the fated Inca empire. More pictures...

103. Peru peru s geography and natural history is second to none. Sit on a bus as you travel to the ancient ruins of Kuelap in the cloud forest, and watch the orange http://www.projecttrust.org.uk/countries/peru.htm

Home Countries Peru Photos email the desk officer To see our recommendations on books etc for Peru, click here. The images that immediately spring to mind are Incas and llamas, women wearing skirts with layers of petticoats and incongruous bowler hats, boys herding llamas high in the Andes, rosy faced children in alpaca hats, traditional reed islands on Lake Titicaca, shaman images of the jaguar, caiman and anaconda, the mysterious Nazca lines in the coastal desert, the tropical steamy Amazon rainforest, and the impressive Inca fortresses and towns, such as Macchu Picchu and Cuzco, where traditional festivals to the sun are still practised. Peru's geography and natural history is second to none. Sit on a bus as you travel to the ancient ruins of Kuelap in the cloud forest, and watch the orange sun set as you drive along single track mountain passes with stunning drops of 100s of metres to take your breath away. Or take a river boat on one of the tributaries of the Amazon, which starts its 3000 mile journey in Peru, carrying approximately 20% of the worlds fresh water. It takes under a minute for a piranha to strip you to the bone, but surprisingly two thirds of piranha species are vegetarian! The natural history of Peru is full of astonishing surprises like this, and the rainforest to the east of the country holds fascination to biologists for its immense unspoilt beauty, biodiversity, and being home to animals like the tapir, jaguar, black spider monkeys, capybara, anacondas, caimans and the rare giant river otters. The spine of the country is the spectacular Andean range, which is worth exploring for it's stunning scenery, for it's trekking opportunities and it's immense cultural value, being the homeland if the Incas. To the west is the desert coastal strip, one of the driest places on earth, with the mysterious Nazca lines scored into the earth and seen only from the sky, depicting the animals sacred to former cultural horizons.

104. BUBL LINK: Peru Resource type index; CIA World Factbook 2003 peru Basic reference information about peru, including details of geography, people, economy, government, http://bubl.ac.uk/link/p/peru.htm

BUBL LINK Catalogue of Internet Resources Home Search Subject Menus Countries ... Z Peru Titles Descriptions Ancient Mexico Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the Peruvian and Atacama Deserts CIA World Factbook 2003: Peru Congresso de la Republica del Peru ... World Travel Guide: Peru Comments: bubl@bubl.ac.uk Ancient Mexico Offers historical insight to the ancient cultures that once existed in Mesoamerica and their relevance today. Incorporates all the major archeological sites in precolombian Mesoamerica and Andean South America, with numerous other pages graphically depicting the art, and culture of these regions. Author: Olivares, Patrick Subjects: ancient history, chile, mexico, peru, south america DeweyClass: Resource type: documents, images Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the Peruvian and Atacama Deserts Index of plants found in the Peruvian and Atacama Deserts. Author: Dillon, Michael O. Subjects: chile, peru, plant distribution DeweyClass: Resource type: index CIA World Factbook 2003: Peru Basic reference information about Peru, including details of geography, people, economy, government, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues. Geographical information includes area, population, flag, maps, high and low points, co-ordinates, boundary length, border countries, climate, land use and natural resources. Author: CIA Subjects: peru DeweyClass: Resource type: document Congresso de la Republica del Peru Official information from the Congress of the Republic of Peru.

105. Resources From Www.BiologyBrowser.org Main Category geography. Home geography South America peru Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of peru http://www.biologybrowser.org/bb/Geography/South_America/Peru/index.shtml

Home About BiologyBrowser What's New Newsletter ... Promote Your Site Search BiologyBrowser Organism (ex. fungi) Subject (ex. biodiversity) Geography (region) All Counts of New and Changed Names Reported in Zoological Record Indicates trends in assigning names to new animals by taxonomists. Search the Index to Organism Names The Index to Organism Names project uses name data from the resources of BIOSIS and other collaborating organizations. Conferences Nomenclatural Glossary for Zoology An alphabetical list of specialist terms. For basic answers to who's who in the Animal Kingdom. Main Category: Geography Home Geography South America Peru Sub-Categories No subcategories found for this category Related Categories Site Matches Any Term All Terms Entire collection This Category Only Within results Results 1 - 10 of at least 60 A New Species of Carollia (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from the Andes of Peru and Bolivia online pdf document - Occasional Papers Museum Texas Tech University Apistogramma eremnopyge, a new species of cichlid fish (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Peru

106. ParksWatch - Strengthening Parks To Safeguard Biodiversity peru s geography varies greatly responsible for the rich biological, Traditionally, peru is divided in three geographic regions the Pacific coast, http://www.parkswatch.org/main.php?l=eng&p=country&p2=per

107. CULTURE XPLORERS: Peru Culture Traditions And Geography General information on peru and our sustainable adventure trips to peru which focus on people culture traditions festivals and genuine interaction between http://www.culturexplorers.com/Pages/Destinations/Peru/Peru_IntroTo.html

Culture Xplorers Home book a trip newsletter contact us ... Brazil Bolivia (coming 2005) Guatemala (coming 2005) Destination: Peru Introduction to Peru Peru is drama. From the rugged terrain of the Andes mountains, to the colorful festivals of the descendants of the Inca, to the overwhelming variety of flora and fauna, Peru demands a visitor's full attention. The Spanish may have conquered Peru in the 1500's, but the traditions and beliefs of its proud people, dating back thousands of years, continue to exist today. Geography 'Extreme geography' - this would be an appropriate term for Peru's wildly varied and sometimes very harsh terrain. From coastal desert stretching north and south from Lima, to ice covered, inhospitable peaks in the Cordillera Blanca, to steamy Amazonian jungles, Peru has it all! Cusco and the surrounding sacred valley, where CULTURE XPLORERS groups will spend most of our time, has an altitude of roughly 11,000 - 12,000 feet, making it moderate to warm during the day, cold at night and changeable at any time!

108. Peru Tours, Peru Vacations, Peru Travel Arrangements peru Tours, Vacations Virtuoso Travel Consultants; Custom designed peru from Yale University and the US Geographic Society and subsequently published http://www.travelwizard.com/southamerica/Peru_Overview.html

Peru Tours, Peru Vacations, Peru Travel Arrangements Site Index Peru Tours, Peru Vacations, Peru Travel Guide : Romantic South America Vacations Peru Tours, Peru Vacations, Peru Travel and Cruise Consultants South America Luxury Vacations :Call 1- 415- 446 5252 to book. Open every day! Peru Vacations Machupicchu South America Vacations Argentina Vacations Bolivia Brazil Vacations Chile Vacations ... Bookmark this page Peru Tours, Peru Vacations, Peru Travel Arrangements Great Peru tours and vacations Peru is a developing country with a growing economy and expanding tourism sector. A wide variety of tourist facilities and services is available, with quality varying according to price and location. Mystical Machupicchu is a must see for any serious traveler. One of the most incredible places on earth is the mysterious lost city of Machupicchu located in near Cusco, in the Urubamba province and district of Machupicchu. It is perched on the eastern slopes of the Vilcanota mountain range, a chain of mountains curtailed by the Apurimac and Urubamba Rivers. At latitude 13 degrees 7' south and longitude 72 degrees 35' West, Machupichu is situated at a height of 2,350 meters above sea level. Climate and Environment This is a subtropical zone with dense woods, and the climate is mild, warm and damp with an average year-round temperature of 13c during the day. The heaviest rains fall from November to March and April through October brings drier, higher temperatures.

109. Dozens Of Inca Mummies Discovered Buried In Peru Article from National Geographic describes the discovery of forty adult and child mummies on the outskirts of Lima, peru in 2004. Also gives details of the http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/03/0311_040311_incamummies.html

Site Index Subscribe Shop Search Top 15 Most Popular Stories NEWS Front Page Environment Health Offbeat ... Video in the News SPECIAL SERIES The Genographic Project Pulse of the Planet National Geographic Channel RESOURCES (What's this?) Contact Us Front Page Dozens of Inca Mummies Discovered Buried in Peru John Roach for National Geographic News March 11, 2004 Dozens of exquisitely preserved Inca mummies are being recovered from a barren hillside on the outskirts of Peru's bustling capital city, Lima. In a matter of months a highway will roar past the ancient cemetery. "By now we have over 40 [mummy bundles] and the number increases every day," said Guillermo Cock, a Lima-based archaeologist. Cock and his team were contracted by the city government to comb the hillside for any unknown archaeological remains prior to construction of the road, which is the final phase of a project to ease traffic congestion in Lima. "Given the proximity to the city and the tradition of looting in the area, we are really surprised that this is mostly undisturbed, mostly intact, mostly unlooted. Only a few bundles have suffered damage by human action," Cock said. The newfound site is on the northwestern edge the largest Inca cemetery ever excavated, Puruchuco-Huaquerones. With the support of the National Geographic Society's Committee for Research and Exploration, Cock recovered thousands of mummies and artifacts at Puruchuco-Huaquerones between 1999 and 2001.

110. Peru's Andean Condors Are Rising Tourist Attraction Growing numbers of tourists are flocking to Colca Canyon in southern peru to spot the Andean condor, one of the world s largest flying birds. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0722_040722_andeancondor.html

Site Index Subscribe Shop Search Top 15 Most Popular Stories NEWS Front Page Environment Health Offbeat ... Video in the News SPECIAL SERIES The Genographic Project Pulse of the Planet National Geographic Channel RESOURCES (What's this?) Contact Us Front Page Peru's Andean Condors Are Rising Tourist Attraction John Roach for National Geographic News July 22, 2004 As the sun's first rays slant into the depths of Colca Canyon in southern Peru, Andean condors begin to ascend, riding morning thermals on outstretched wings as they scour the landscape for a meal of carrion. A gaggle of tourists crowd the Cruz del Condor, or Condor Cross, canyon overlook, hoping to snap a keepsake image of the majestic birds. The species is listed by the World Conservation Union as "vulnerable." One of the world's largest flying birds, the condor soars on ten-foot (three-meter) wingspans and can weigh up to 33 pounds (15 kilograms). When the Spanish conquistadors arrived in South America in the 16th century, the giant vulture (Vultur gryphus) was a common sight. The bird flourished throughout its range from the northern tip of Venezuela down the spine of the Andes to the southern tip of Tierra del Fuego in Argentina.

111. The Republic Of Peru Atlas Entry Please note, the primary listing for The Republic of peru at Abacci Atlas is peru. Background After a dozen years of military rule, The Republic of peru http://www.abacci.com/atlas/country2.asp?misspellID=411

112. Peru History Around 30 links from emulateme.com covering the history of peru in chronological order. http://www.emulateme.com/history/peruhist.htm

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113. Maps Of Peru of peru A clearly detailed map plus geographic facts from Merriam-Webster. National Geographic Store - National Geographic s world-famous maps and http://www.embassyworld.com/maps/Maps_Of_Peru.html

Home Map Directory Index of Peru > Maps of Peru > Maps of Peru Maps of the World Directory Real Estate In Peru - Current Property Listings Jobs In Peru - Current Job Listings ABC Maps - Maps of Peru Atlapedia Online - Maps of Peru - You can see two high definition maps of Peru, one political and the other physical. Expedia Map - Peru - Zoom in - move map, re-center and other options make Expedia maps superb tools. Their maps are clear and the many options make finding what you want a certainty. MapQuest Map - Peru - Absolutely amazing maps of the world in which you can continually zoom in on and and re-center. Goes from satellite view all the way to street view. Maps.com - Maps of Peru - You can see political, physical, and elevation maps. Maptown Maps - Map of Peru Merriam-Webster Maps - Map of Peru - A clearly detailed map plus geographic facts from Merriam-Webster. MyTravelGuide Atlas - Peru - In-depth travel guide offers a map and country facts, plus information on geography, places of interest, visas, currency and transportation. National Geographic Store - National Geographic's world-famous maps and globes - Books, Videos and DVDs, Maps and more.

114. Peru Geographic And Climate peru geographic and climate. peru is one of the larger South American countries some ten times the size of England - covering an area of 1285000 square http://www.peru-explorer.com/geography_climate.htm

PERU GATEWAY TRAVEL The BEST and most informative site on Peru for travel and tourism to Lima, Machu Picchu, Cusco, Cuzco and all of Peru. Use our unique PERU TRAVEL PLANNER to help plan your travel itinerary. Toll free 1 888 671 2852 / 1 888 671 2853 E-Mail info@peru-explorer.com geography climate Edition PERU TRAVEL PLANNER Home FAQ Consular Information ... opening hours holidays geography climate cinema directory inca life ancient wizardry ... nature Call Centers TOLL FREE Monday - Friday From 9 am to 6 pm ET 1 888 671 2852 voice 1 888 671 2853 voice 1 877 260 2391 voice 1 877 260 2423 voice 1 877 160 2370 voice 1 877 260 2209 fax UK customers call 0871 871 1895 voice 0871 871 1897 voice 0871 919 6193 fax Non US customers call +51 1 4443027 - 4457704 Check for current Weather conditions for top destinations in Peru Lima Peru Apart Hotel, discount vacation rentals, furnished apartment for rent Travel Contract Travel directory add url Peru geographic and climate Peru is one of the larger South American countries - some ten times the size of England - covering an area of 1,285,000 square kilometres and with a population of over 26 million. Around seventy percent of its inhabitants live in cities, which are mainly located along the coast and limited almost exclusively to half a dozen thin but relatively fertile river valleys running into the Pacific.

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