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The extreme north of the park has well-preserved caatinga, and is inaccessible, with the eastern portion better preserved than the west, with wetlands, cliffs and the main ecotourism trails. In the west there are small family farms with some irrigation, and some indigenous communities that lost land
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II (national park), and has as its objectives preservation of natural ecosystems of great ecological relevance and scenic beauty, enabling the conduct of scientific research and the development of educational activities and environmental interpretation, recreation in contact with nature and
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into the interaction between fauna and flora, the geology and the archaeology. The park became part of the
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The park encourages environmental research by federal higher educational institutions such as
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Vale do
Catimbau National Park is divided between the municipalities of
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Catimbau Valley- the 2nd largest
Brazilian Archeological site]
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Nacional do Catimbau – Fundação Joaquim Nabuco
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1115:Protected areas of Pernambuco
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331:Caatinga Ecological Corridor
311:IUCN protected area category
571:Parque Nacional do Catimbau
309:(ICMBio). It is classed as
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215:Parque Nacional do Catimbau
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448:Parna do Catimbau – ICMBio
1120:Rock art in South America
987:Nascentes do Rio ParnaĂba
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1110:National parks of Brazil
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460:PARNA do Catimbau – ISA
404:PARNA do Catimbau – ISA
392:PARNA do Catimbau – ISA
333:, created in May 2006.
1084:Pantanal Matogrossense
729:Nascentes do Lago Jari
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33:Catimbau National Park
1074:Chapada dos GuimarĂŁes
982:Grande SertĂŁo Veredas
972:Chapada dos Veadeiros
769:Tumucumaque Mountains
394:, Informações gerais.
256:The Catimbau Valley (
314:ecological tourism.
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1043:Jurubatiba Sandbank
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962:Cavernas do Peruaçu
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880:Serra do Gandarela
875:Serra de Itabaiana
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699:Campos AmazĂ´nicos
598:978-0-8368-6720-6
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694:Cabo Orange
684:Anavilhanas
272:Environment
247:Tupanatinga
186:Established
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131:Coordinates
124:Tupanatinga
1099:Categories
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845:Pau Brasil
800:Araucárias
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621:2016-11-02
604:29 January
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562:2016-11-02
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522:2016-11-01
484:Ganem 2016
380:References
258:Portuguese
223:Pernambuco
211:Portuguese
143:37°09′00″W
110:Pernambuco
1058:SuperagĂĽi
825:Guaricana
268:(IPHAN).
241:(17.6%),
140:8°37′00″S
1125:Caatinga
1067:Pantanal
1023:Abrolhos
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941:Catimbau
909:Caatinga
835:Itatiaia
805:Boa Nova
744:Rio Novo
704:Jamanxim
689:Araguaia
679:AmazĂ´nia
278:caatinga
243:Ibimirim
233:Location
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101:Location
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936:Ubajara
815:CaparaĂł
714:Juruena
493:Sources
337:Gallery
301:History
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