Bahuaja-Sonene National Park ( Spanish : Parque Nacional Bahuaja-Sonene ) is a protected area located in the regions of Puno and Madre de Dios , in Peru .
5-833: The park comprises river terraces, hills and mountains, with elevations ranging from 500 to 2450 m. The main rivers in the area are: Heath , Tambopata and Candamo. The park shares borders with Madidi National Park in Bolivia to the east and Tambopata National Reserve to the north. Plant species found inside the park include: Virola sebifera , Cedrela odorata , Spondias mombin , Celtis schippii , Bertholletia excelsa , Ficus insipida , Hevea guianensis , Cedrelinga cateniformis , Iriartea deltoidea , Calycophyllum spruceanum , Guadua weberbaueri , Theobroma cacao , Miconia spp. , Annona ambotay , Swietenia macrophylla , Myroxylon balsamum , Astrocaryum murumuru , Enterolobium cyclocarpum , Mauritia flexuosa , etc. Birds found inside
10-405: The maned wolf , the puma , the bush dog , etc. The park is rich in natural resources including timber, gold, rubber, and wild game. The Candamo deposit (Block 78), which contains 3 trillion cubic feet (85 km) of natural gas and 120 million of barrels of natural gas condensates , was formerly owned by Mobil and now lies partly within the reserve. Legislation proposed in 2007 to remove
15-624: The block from the reserve was turned down. Heath River The Heath River , which runs from the Andes surrounding Lake Titicaca northwards to the Madre de Dios River , marks the natural border between Peru and Bolivia . The Eja Sonene indigenous community lives in the area. They are an ethnic group belonging to either the Tacana-speaking Arawak , who migrated from the west or those of Pano origin, who originate from
20-696: The lower reaches of the Madeira River . Named for the American explorer Dr Edwin R. Heath in the 1880s, the river borders lowland savannah and rainforest . An early expedition to explore the Heath River basin was led by the British explorer Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett in 1910. 12°50′00″S 68°50′10″W / 12.8333°S 68.8361°W / -12.8333; -68.8361 This Madre de Dios Region geography article
25-523: The park include: the white-tailed goldenthroat , the Neotropic cormorant , the blue-and-yellow macaw , the harpy eagle , the white-throated toucan , the horned curassow , the great egret , the scarlet macaw , the bat falcon , the jabiru , the swallow-tailed hummingbird , etc. Mammals found in the park include: the giant otter , the South American tapir , the marsh deer , the jaguar ,
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