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The Chala or "Coast" is one of the eight natural regions in Peru. It is formed by all the western lands that arise from sea level up to the height of 500 meters. In this region, the flora includes vegetation that grows near the rivers, like the carob tree, the palo verde, salty grama grass, manglar or mangrove tree, the carrizo or giant reed and the Caña brava (ditch reed); and plants that grow in the hills, such as the Amancay or Peruvian daffodil (''Hymenocallis amancaes''), the wild tomato, the mito or Peruvian papaya (''Vasconcellea candicans''), and the divi-divi (''Cæsalpinia coriaria''). The coastal fauna of the Chala includes sea lions, the anchovy and several seabirds. Common trees in the north are the faique, the zapote, the zapayal, the ''barrigon'' and other thorny tropical savanna trees of the equatorial dry forests on the northern coast of Piura and Tumbes. Páramo and the northern coast of the Piura region are not under the influence of the cold Humboldt Current. Páramo has a tree line at the border, even on the westside of the continental divide.〔Pulgar Vidal, Javier: Geografía del Perú; Las Ocho Regiones Naturales del Perú. Edit. Universo S.A., Lima 1979. First Edition (his dissertation of 1940): Las ocho regiones naturales del Perú, Boletín del Museo de historia natural „Javier Prado“, n° especial, Lima, 1941, 17, pp. 145-161.〕 == Overview == Andean Continental Divide Mountain top: * Mountain passes - 4,100 m * Puna grassland * Andean-alpine desert * Snow line - about 5,000 m * Janca - rocks, snow and ice * Peak 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chala」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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