The Yungas is an area in the eastern piedmont of the Andes Mountains, primarily in Bolivia. Like the surrounding areas, it has characteristics of the Neotropicecozone. It is rainy, humid, and warm. The Afro-Bolivian community is concentrated here. Coffee, citrus, and coca are important crops, and the Yungas Cocalera Revolution is based in the region. It's name derives from the one applied for the same mountain level by those who study the economic system of the prehispanic Andes See also architecture with non-sequential dynamic execution scheduling (ANDES). ... The Neotropic ecozone is a terrestrial ecoregion which includes South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. ... Ecozones are global divisions which have their own characteristic interplay of climatic factors, morphodynamics, soil-forming processes, living conditions for plants and animals, and production potentials for agriculture and forestry. ... Coffee Coffee is a beverage, served hot or with ice, prepared from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant. ... Species & major hybrids Species Citrus maxima- Pomelo Citrus medica- Citron Citrus reticulata- Mandarin & Tangerine Major hybrids Citrus × sinensis- Sweet Orange Citrus × aurantium- Bitter Orange Citrus × paradisi- Grapefruit Citrus × limon- Lemon Citrus × latifolia- Persian lime Citrus × aurantifolia- Key lime See also main text for other hybrids Citrus is a common term... Binomial name Erythroxylum coca Lam. ... Yungas Cocalera Revolution (in Spanish: Revolución Cocalera Yungas), a political group based amongst coca-growers in Yungas, Bolivia. ...
yungas, region of lowland valleys in the eastern piedmont of the Andes Mts., 5,000-8,000 ft (1,524-2,438 m) high, extending from the Peru-Bolivia border SE into central Bolivia.
Although isolated and very difficult of access, the yungas assumed economic importance in the early 20th cent.
Sports active: Dangerous locations Bolivia's Yungas Road is officially the most hazardous on earth.
As one CARE worker astutely put it, "The Yungas road is not merely a passageway to the thick dense jungles of Bolivia, but is in itself a rite of passage."
In the past five years, the road to the Yungas has improved dramatically, especially with the constructions of a somewhat safer, more direct route via the Huaranilla Valley.
Nevertheless, the adventure of the old route to the North Yungas and the colonial town of Corioico is there for the taking.
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