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The Amazon Basin, And The Andean Mountain Region
Peru is about 500,000 square miles long. The population is 29.5 million people. Peru is broken up into 25 regions plus Lima. Spanish is the main language. Lima is located in the valleys of the Chillon, Rimoc, and Lurin rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coat overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
The geography of Peru is divided up into three basic regions: The Coastal Region, The Amazon Basin, and the Andean Mountain ranges. Each region has a different climate and supports a different flora and fauna unlike any of the other areas. Peru is on the Pacific coast of South America entirely south of the equator. The Amazon Basin lies in the east of Peru and makes up about 60% of Peru’s territory. The region has a large amount of rivers
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