Pantanal
tropical wetland mostly within Brazil, and portions in Bolivia and Paraguay
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Summary
Pantanal is a swamp[1]. Pantanal ranks in the top 2% of swamp entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,309 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Mato Grosso[3], Mato Grosso do Sul[4], Bolivia[5]
- Country: Brazil[6], Bolivia[7], Paraguay[8]
- Continent: South America[9]
- Instance of: plain[10], savanna[11], WWF ecoregion[12], flooded grasslands and savannas[13], wetland[14], natural heritage[15]
- Commons category: Pantanal[16]
- Coordinate location: -17.4, -57.5[17]
- Significant event: conflagration[18]
- Topic's main category: Category:Pantanal[19]
- Commons gallery: Pantanal[20]
- Tributary: São Lourenço River[21]
- Heritage designation: World Heritage Site[22], Ramsar site[23]
- Native label: pântano[24]
- Area: 87,871[25], 187,818[26]
- World Heritage criteria: (vii)[27], (ix)[28], (x)[29]
Why It Matters
Pantanal has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Pantanal is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]