Madre de Dios near Boca Manu town

The Madre de Dios River, homonymous to the Peruvian region it runs through, then becomes the Beni River in Bolivia and then turns northward into Brazil, where it is called the Madeira River. Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. Madre de Dios is a region in southeastern Peru, bordering Brazil, Bolivia and the Peruvian regions of Puno, Cusco and The Beni River (in Spanish Río Beni) is a River in the north of Bolivia. The Republic of Bolivia (República de Bolivia) named after Simón Bolívar, is a Landlocked country in central South America. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld The Madeira River is a major waterway in South America, approximately 3380 km (2100 miles long The Madeira is a tributary to the Amazon River. The Amazon River (Rio Amazonas Río Amazonas of South America is the largest river in the world by volume with a total river flow greater than the next top ten largest rivers

The Madre de Dios is an important waterway for the department of Madre de Dios, particularly Puerto Maldonado, the largest town in the area, and the capital of the department. Madre De Dios is Dozer 's second album released March 6 2001 on Man's Ruin Records. Puerto Maldonado is a city in Southeastern Peru in the Amazon forest west of the Bolivian border on the confluence of the Tambopata and Madre Mango farming and Gold mining are among the many industries on its beaches. Mangoes belong to the genus Mangifera, consisting of numerous species of tropical fruiting Trees in the Flowering plant family Anacardiaceae Gold (ˈɡoʊld is a Chemical element with the symbol Au (from its Latin name aurum) and Atomic number 79 Mining is the extraction of valuable Minerals or other geological materials from the earth usually (but not always from an Ore body Other important industries the Madre de Dios provides are selective logging and farming, both of which are serious environmental problems. Logging is the process in which Trees are cut down for Forest management and Timber. Along the length of the river there are several national parks and reserves, notably Tambopata-Candamo National Park, Manu National Park (also known as Manu Biosphere Reserve) and Bahuaja-Sonene Reserved Area. Tambopata-Candamo is a nature reserve in the Peruvian Amazon Basin south of the Madre de Dios River in Tambopata Province 's Inambari Manú National Park is a Biosphere reserve located in Madre de Dios and Paucartambo Cusco. A biosphere reserve is an international Conservation designation given by UNESCO under its Programme on

The Madre de Dios serves as the largest watershed in the area, as part of the vast Amazon River watershed. A drainage basin is an extent of Land where Water from Rain or Snow melt drains downhill into a body of water such as a River, The Amazon River (Rio Amazonas Río Amazonas of South America is the largest river in the world by volume with a total river flow greater than the next top ten largest rivers

External links

• Madre de Dios Watershed at NASA Earth Observatory