A steep dry slope with large boulders covered in spiny shrubs and large candelabra like cacti.

The Marañón Valley

A national treasure of Peru’s biodiversity with global significance.

Maranon

A steep dry slope with large boulders covered in spiny shrubs and large candelabra like cacti.
A branch with large oval, opposite leaves and clusters of many tiny small green flowers.
A muddy brown river winding through a steep valley with sparse spiny shrubs on steep slopes.
Small open red flowers with four red petals.
A muddy brown river in a steep rocky valley with slopes covered in green shrubs.
A red and yellow flower with long yellow stamens.
A narrow bridge over muddy brown river winding through a steep valley with dry mountains in the background.
A cluster of fluffy white flowers on a branch with green leaves.
A green shrub with fluffy white flowers growing out of a rocky crevice in cliff.
Low, dry forest with cacti and spiny, swollen trunked trees on a steep rocky slope.
Green leaves, small yellow seeds and dry brown bean pods displayed on a black cloth background.
An upright inflorescence with open yellow flowers and some green flower buds.
Two men standing under a small, spindly tree in a dry flat valley bottom, with steep rocky slopes and blue sky in the background.
Brown winged seeds on the end of a branch.
Cacti and spiny shrubs with blue flowers, steep rocky slopes covered in low cloud in the background.
A small complex flower with five white petals and a series of yellow and red structures at the centre, against a background of green leaves.
Low, dry forest with cacti and spiny trees on a steep rocky slope.

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