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The Pantanal is a biome consisting mainly of a mixture of ecosystems like the Cerrado and the Amazonian ecosystem the Pantanal presents slope between 3 and 4 m per km from east to west and 1 m per km from north to south of the agreement with (Franco and Pine, 1982) making it the largest plain on the planet that gets flooded at the raining seasons in most of its length, with 250 square kilometers, average altitude of 100 meters higth located in southern Mato Grosso and northwestern Mato Grosso South, both states of Brazil, and also covers the northern Paraguay and eastern Bolivia (which is called the Bolivian Chaco), an Unesco World Natural and Biosphere Reserve, located in the Pantanal National Park region. It also has a few mountains, which facilitates flooding. A lot of rivers of all sizes, all belonging to the Paraguay River Basin - the main rivers are the Cuiaba, Piquiri, São Lourenço, Taquari, Aquidauana, Miranda, Paraguay and Apa River. The origin of the Pantanal is not, as previously thought, a result of the separation of the ocean millions of years ago. But was due to the movement of tectonic plates that occurred 60.000 years when the Andean Alps were raised by pressure displacement of the plates and being shaped by the years has become very flat and has become the habitation of thousands of animals and plants as about 656 species of birds 325 species of fish 153 species of mammals 98 species of reptiles 3,100 species of trees, in the Pantanal have been cataloged more than 1,100 species of butterflies. and innumerable insects importance to carry on the life with the biological balance. - The cities of Cuiabá and Campo Grande, from the encouragement given by governments in the 1960s to develop the Midwest region in 1971 was started construction of transpantaneira road of linking north Pantanal up leading to the border with the state of mato Grosso do Sul. Recent years have seen massive investment in eco-tourism sector, with several Pantanal hostels practicing this form of sustainable tourism. And now the largest livestock, agriculture and others are in Mato Grosso. In 2000 became UNESCO World Heritage Site A relatively new activity is ecotourism, since there are several hostels Pantanal practicing this form of sustainable tourism inside this the ocelotnatur tours with environmental responsibilities.