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- Peru has 84 ecological zones of the 114 existing in the world.
- The canyon of Cotahuasi located
in the Department of Arequipa is the deepest in the world with 3535 meters of
depth.
- Peru has registered approximately
3800 species of butterflies becoming the country with more butterflies in the
world, being the most spectacular species in the Peruvian Amazonia.
- The Titicaca is the highest navigable
lake in the world at 3808 meters above sea level.
- The Condor is the greatest flying
bird of the world, with a wingspan of over 3 meters and with a length from 1
to 1 1/20 meters.
- Peru is considered the Orquidea´s
paradise, with 3000 within its ecosystems, of the 30,000 existing around the
world.
- Peru has 115 species of hummingbirds
of the 300 existing in the world, we found in Peru the smallest hummingbird,
the Picaflor averojo (Asestrura bombus), that measures 06 centimeters length
and weight no more than 10 grams. In addition there exist the longest tail hummingbird,
the admirable picaflor, (Loddigesia mirabilis), and it measures more than thirteen
centimeters.
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- Peru cultivates 3000 of the 5000
varieties of potato in the world. The potatoes of greater quality take place
over 3000 m.
- Caral is the oldest cultural expression
in America located in the north of Peru, according to the scientific tests;
it approximately has an antiquity between 2,627 and 2,100 before Christ.
- In the Peruvian sea, live 20 of
the 67 smaller cetacean species, known in the world and hold the first place
in volume of fishing of the world.
- Peru has more than 80% of population
of South American camelidos. 90% of Alpacas, 80% of Vicuna and 30% of Lamas.
- Puno is the folkloric capital
of Peru and has three hundred varieties of dances.
- At the moment, 70% from the eatable
plants that humanity consumes, were a legacy of the Andean Culture.
- Peru passes on the more nutritious
cereal of the world, the kiwicha (Amaranthus caudatus).
- The Qhapac Ñan or the Incas network
roads is the most important architectonic work in pre-Hispanic America having
around 40.000 Kilometers of road. Crossing it would be equivalent to travel
around the world. The most important is the Inka trail to Machupicchu.
- The Amazon River is the second
longer river in the world with 6,275 kilometers.
- Acho is the oldest bullring of
America and the third older in the world.
- The Gocta waterfall is the third
highest one in the world with more than 700 meters of altitude.
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