| Climate Peru :
| varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west; temperate to frigid in Andes
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| Terrain Peru :
| western coastal plain (costa), high and rugged Andes in center (sierra), eastern lowland jungle of Amazon Basin (selva)
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| Elevation extremes lowest Peru :
| Pacific Ocean 0 m
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| Elevation extremes highest Peru :
| Nevado Huascaran 6,768 m
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| Natural resources Peru :
| copper, silver, gold, petroleum, timber, fish, iron ore, coal, phosphate, potash, hydropower, natural gas
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| Land use arableland Peru :
| 2,89%
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| Irrigated land Peru :
| 11,950 sq km (1998 est.)
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| Natural hazards Peru :
| earthquakes, tsunamis, flooding, landslides, mild volcanic activity
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| Environment current issues Peru :
| deforestation (some the result of illegal logging); overgrazing of the slopes of the costa and sierra leading to soil erosion; desertification; air pollution in Lima; pollution of rivers and coastal waters from municipal and mining wastes
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| Geography note Peru :
| shares control of Lago Titicaca, world's highest navigable lake, with Bolivia; a remote slope of Nevado Mismi, a 5,316 m peak, is the ultimate source of the Amazon River
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