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Furnas do Bom Jesus State Park

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canyons, particularly in places where there is the least water in the dry season. The natural cerrado vegetation on the top of the chapadas and the gentler slopes was almost entirely replaced by coffee plantations and pasturage, and is now regenerating. The areas that are harder to access have been little changed, preserving remnants of the original forest.
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Visitors are attracted by the natural beauty of the forests and waterfalls. There are viewpoints in the Santa Luzia and Taquari centers. The highlight is the Cascata Grande, the largest waterfall in the park with a free fall of 132 metres (433 ft). The administrative headquarters of the park are
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is Cwb Tropical Altitude, hot and humid in summer, cold and dry in winter. Temperatures vary from 18 to 32 °C (64 to 90 °F) in the summer and 3 to 13 °C (37 to 55 °F) in the winter, with average annual temperature from 21 to 25 °C (70 to 77 °F). The park protects an area
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Starts 500 metres (1,600 ft) from the center. There are two platforms where visitors can rest and view the landscape. Vegetation is cerrado in the higher parts and Atlantic Forest lower down, with large numbers of juçara palms. Fauna include ocelots, red deer, anteaters, capybaras, parrots and
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There are marshes, flooded meadows, high meadows and remnants of Atlantic forest, but the most common forms are typical cerrado, cerradão and asveredas. There are many species of trees, grasses, bromeliads, orchids and other small plants. The cerrado has been drastically modified by humans. Notable
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The Furnas do Bom Jesus State Park was created by state decree 30.591 of 12 October 1989. Decree 31.644 of 31 May 1990 declared the land as being of social interest for the purpose of expropriation. The park is a fully protected conservation unit with the objectives of preserving its ecosystems,
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seasonal semi-deciduous forest. There are cerradões, cerrado and meadows in the interfluvial areas, continuous gallery forest in the valley bottoms, including seasonal semi-deciduous forest and seasonal alluvial semi-deciduous forest, and seasonal deciduous forest on the slopes and walls of the
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Starts 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) from the administrative headquarters and leads through typical cerrado vegetation, through meadows with isolated trees and through meadows with rocky outcroppings. There is a lookout point giving a view of part of the canyon, and a waterfall about 70 metres
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Leads through the cerrado biome of the center, a natural habit where wolf packs occur, as well as jaguars, ocelots, wild cats, anteaters and other mammals, and a rich diversity of reptiles and amphibians. There is a stone landing with benches at the end from which the canyon can be viewed.
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An interpretive trail with boards covering topics such as native flora and fauna, water, deforestation and pollution. Passes through the Environmental Experience Center and the lookout from which much of the canyon can be seen, crosses Pedregulho Creek and ends at the kiosks and children's
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It has a deck from which the 140 metres (460 ft) waterfall of the Bom Jesus stream can be viewed, and another deck from which the canyon through which the Bom Jesus flows through can be viewed .
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Starts 500 metres (1,600 ft) from the center, and mostly leads through Atlantic Forest remnants. There are benches at various points, and a waterfall at the end of the trail.
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geomorphological sites and natural landscapes, while supporting scientific research and public visits. Various universities use the park for scientific research, including the
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means "Caves of the Good Jesus", after the Bom Jesus canyon which leads through the park. Altitudes range from 300 to 1,073 metres (984 to 3,520 ft).
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with great biodiversity of native flora and fauna, including some species threatened with extinction.
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in the Santa Luzia Center. There are several trails leading through the park:
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The Furnas do Bom Jesus State Park is in the municipality of
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hawks. There is a narrow 70 metres (230 ft) waterfall.
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Parque Estadual das Furnas de Bom Jesus – Via Rural
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IUCN category
national park

Map showing the location of Furnas do Bom Jesus State Park
Pedregulho
20°13′54″S 47°26′29″W / 20.231530°S 47.441276°W / -20.231530; -47.441276
State park
Portuguese
state park
São Paulo
cerrado
Atlantic Forest
Pedregulho
São Paulo
University of São Paulo
Köppen climate classification
cerrado
Atlantic Forest
Tabebuia
Jacaranda cuspidifolia
Cariniana estrellensis
Luehea
Aspidosperma
Dasypus
southern tamandua
Ocelot
cougar


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