Chacoan Jaguar

[Balam]

Gran Chaco

Lowland alluvial plain in interior south-central South America. The name is of Quechua origin, meaning “Hunting Land.” Largely uninhabited, the Gran Chaco is an arid subtropical region of low forests and savannas traversed by only two permanent rivers and practically unmarked by roads or rail lines. It is bounded on the west by the Andes mountain ranges and on the east by the Paraguay and Paraná rivers. The Chaco’s northern and southern boundaries are not as precise: it generally is said to reach northward to the Izozog Swamps in eastern Bolivia and southward to about latitude 30° S, or roughly the Salado River in Argentina. Thus defined, the Gran Chaco extends some 450 miles (725 km) from east to west and about 700 miles (1,100 km) from north to south and covers about 280,000 square miles (725,000 square kilometres); of this total, slightly more than half lies within Argentina, a third in Paraguay, and the remainder in Bolivia. Britannica Ecyclopedia.

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Landscape and Fauna

Kaa Iya National Park, Bolivia

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Nick Adventures Bolivia

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Instachaco

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El Impenetrable National Park, Argentina

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Gerardo Cerón - Matías Rébak

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The Jaguar

San Miguelito Jaguar Conservation Ranch, Bolivia

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Qaramta, sole tracked 110 kg male, Impenetrable National Park, Argentina

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