Peru is one of the most geographically diverse countries in the world, giving rise to varied landscapes including:
- Dense jungle in the Amazon Rainforest
- The Maranora and Ucayali Rivers marking the beginnings of the of Amazon River
- The spectacular Andes Mountains with a peak height of 6768 meters
- The Altiplano plateau, a dry basin running along the western side of Andes in southeastern Peru
- Lake Titicaca, the worlds highest navigable lake
- The Sechura Desert, one of the few deserts in the world that receives most of its precipitation in the form of fog
- The Atacama Desert, the driest place on earth
For practical purposes, Peru’s geography can be broken into 3 natural regions:
- Coastal Zone – a dry, hilly region with high cliffs overlooking the pacific ocean
- The Highlands – the mountainous regions of Peru
- The Eastern Lowlands – Peru’s portion of the Amazon Basin covering 60% of the country, where run-off from rain and glaciers on the eastern slopes of the Andes combine to form the Amazon, the world’s largest and longest river system in the world.
