Unesco description
The Pantanal Conservation Area consists of a cluster of four protected areas with a total area of 187,818 ha. Located in western central Brazil at the south-west corner of the State of Mato Grosso, the site represents 1.3% of Brazil’s Pantanal region, one of the world’s largest freshwater wetland ecosystems. The headwaters of the region’s two major river systems, the Cuiabá and the Paraguay rivers, are located here, and the abundance and diversity of its vegetation and animal life are spectacular.

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The Pantanal Conservation Area consists of four protected areas in western Mid-Brazil in the state of Mato Grosso. It is one of the largest sweet water ecosystems of the world. The two most important rivers of the region, the Cuiabá and Paraguay flow through this area and the wealth of vegetation and animal life is spectacular.