Peruaçu River Canyon

Peruaçu River Canyon skrevs in på UNESCO:s världsarvslista 2025 som naturarv i Brazil. Platsen hör till regionen Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Världsarvet har varit en del av den gemensamma UNESCO-listan sedan 2025.

UNESCOLocated in northern Minas Gerais and featuring dramatic karst landscapes, vast caves, and rich biodiversity, the park’s horizontal cave systems, formed in carbonate rock, reveal striking speleothems, collapsed dolines, limestone arches, and underground rivers. Developed in the stable São Francisco craton, the landscape reflects major climatic and geological changes from the Plio-Pleistocene. The park lies at the intersection of the Cerrado, Caatinga, and Atlantic Forest biomes, supporting over 2,000 plant and animal species, including many threatened ones.