Bodies of Water

Pantanal

Wetlands and Tidal Flats

Citation Formats

General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Pantanal." Accessed September 6, 2026. https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/bodies-of-water/pantanal.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Pantanal. Retrieved September 6, 2026, from https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/bodies-of-water/pantanal

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-pantanal,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Pantanal},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/bodies-of-water/pantanal},
  note = {Accessed September 6, 2026}
}

The world's largest tropical wetland, spanning parts of Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay in the upper basin of the Paraguay River. Seasonal flooding creates one of the richest concentrations of wildlife in South America, including large populations of caiman and jaguar.

Take a Related Quiz

Bodies of Water: Rivers, Lakes and SeasCovers this kind of entry.

Comments (0)

No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.

Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)

No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.

View At A Past Year

The atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.

Switch Atlas

The Inner World

The Civil World

The Natural World