martes, 27 de mayo de 2008

NATURAL RESOURCES

Water and vegetation In this region finish the transverse valleys to give step to his so called longitudinal cousins। It is characterized for the beginning of the climate moderated with rains that go from 450 mm per year what allows a major development both of the vegetation and of the wealths of rivers that they increase in size as in volume .

In effect, to this region of our country she is considered to be the beginning of the limits of the zone called "mesomorfica"।

This way, the intermediate zone of the region is characterized by the steppe of thorny shrubs where it predominates over the hawthorn। Then, in the sunniest sectors, which look in the northern part they find shrubs as the guayacán, carob-tree, quillay, molle and other partners to the havthorn

In the coastal zone vegetation can be associated with a bushes arbustivo wood nearest to the bark formed by species as the peumo, boldos, maitenes, close to grasses and gramíneas। In the most humid areas they can be litres, quilas and pataguas

Likewise, on 400 and 1।000 meters on the level of the sea, the forest called esclerófilo the one that is formed by arboreal species as quillay, litre, molle, belloto, boldo and peumo

In the hills La Campana and El Roble develop communities formed by forests of oaks between 800 and 900 meters of height। Another important species is the Chilean palm that one finds in different areas, in small communities, in the Mountain chain of the Coast where is outlined the National Park The Bell, his economic importance is the obtaining of the honey of palm and due to his great explotation today he is on the verge of
extinction





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