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  Geography:
This is the less populated department of Peru. Its gold richness promises a good future;
it also has plenty of flora and wild fauna. The meridional side of its territory is rough
because of the hillsides of the Cordillera de Carabaya. In the central and northern zones,
of the Low Jungle, it has a relief made up mainly by plains with little roughness. These
are alluvial plains formed by three up to four level terraces. The lower ones have anual
floods and generally are swampy. By the west of the department, where arises the Manu
River, there are low altitude hills which divide the aters of the Madre de Dios and
Urubamba rivers. In these hills, and separating the risings of the Cashpajali River, is
the Fitzcarrald Isthmus, so called as a homage to its discoverer.
This department's territory is crossed by a dense
hydrographical system whose main river is the Madre de Dios, navigable and with an
important forestal richness. Among the most important rivers are the Manu, Tahuamanu,
Tambopata, Inambari and Heath.
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