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Madre de Dios

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Ma·dre de Di·os  (mädr d d-s, mädr d dys)
A river, about 1,126 km (700 mi) long, of southeast Peru and northwest Bolivia flowing northeast from the Andes to the Beni River.

Madre de Dios (Spanish) [ˈmaðre ðe ˈðiɔs]
n
(Placename) a river in NE South America, rising in SE Peru and flowing northeast to the Beni River in N Bolivia. Length: about 965 km (600 miles)


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Por example, in Madre de Dios, in the southeastern jungle area of Peru on the borders with Brazil and Bolivia, 772 square miles have been given in concession to tourism enterprises that conserve the forest in order to attract tourists.
Nine police officers were injured in the village of Puerto Maldonado in the remote Madre de Dios state in the southeast, local media reports said.
Don Antonio was our guide as we walked through the rainforest trails along the Madre de Dios River.
 
 
 
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