Parecis

The Pacaas Novos National Park protects 7,648 km2 of montane and submontane area in the Chapada dos Parecis.

Madeira-Tapajós moist forests 2008

Elevation in the region ranges from 20 meters at the Amazon River to 1,126 m at the highest peak of the Chapada dos Parecis, although the majority of the landscape lies below 200 m.

Madeira-Tapajós moist forests 2008

The vegetation in the large southern portion of the region follows the complex topography of the Chapada dos Parecis, a mountainous region with elevations to 1,200 meters in the State of Rondônia.

Madeira-Tapajós moist forests 2008

Kermit, accompanied by Antonio the Parecis and João, crossed the river and walked back to the little river that had entered from the east, so as to bring back a report of it to Colonel Rondon.

IX. Down an Unknown River into the Equatorial Forest 1914

Next morning at sunrise we climbed a steep slope to the edge of the Parecis plateau, at a level of about two thousand feet above the sea.

VI. Through the Highland Wilderness of Western Brazil 1914

One of the commission's employees, a negro, had killed a wild Nhambiquara Indian; but it appeared that he had really been urged on and aided by the Parecis, as the members of the tribe to which the dead Indian belonged were much given to carrying off the Parecis women and in other ways making themselves bad neighbors.

Through the Brazilian Wilderness Theodore Roosevelt 1888

Parecis plateau, at a level of about two thousand feet above the sea.

Through the Brazilian Wilderness Theodore Roosevelt 1888

The ranch foreman, Benedetto, came with us, and two or three other camaradas, including Antonio, the Parecis

Through the Brazilian Wilderness Theodore Roosevelt 1888

Antonio the Parecis said that these fish never came up heavy rapids in which there were falls they had to jump.

Through the Brazilian Wilderness Theodore Roosevelt 1888

It has been his mixture of firmness, good nature, and good judgment that has enabled him to control these bold, warlike savages, and even to reduce the warfare between them and the Parecis.

Through the Brazilian Wilderness Theodore Roosevelt 1888