Ecological Landscape Units
The classification of ecological units of the landscape (ELU-Ecological Landscape Unit, for its acronym in English) was the result of the integration of physical and geographical data as well as the mapping of vegetation which allowed the delimitation of 15 ELUs, each one of which it represents a specific entity or basin crossed by the right of way of the PERU LNG gas pipeline. The names chosen to designate ELUs reflect the watershed, watersheds, or some other outstanding geographical or biological feature of each ELU.
ELU 1. Montane Forest
Ecotone
Located in the humid eastern Andes of the department of Ayacucho, the easternmost part of the Right of Way (RoW) begins near the highest limits of the montane forests (...)
ELU 2. Campana Watershed
The Campana Watershed is located in the humid eastern Andes of the Department of Ayacucho, between the Torobamba River Valley and the Montano Forest Ecotone (...)
ELU 3. Torobamba River Valley
The Torobamba River Valley is located in the sub-humid eastern Andes of the Department of Ayacucho between the Campana Basin and the Silliccasa Mountain Range. (...)
ELU 4. Sillaccasa Sierra
The Sillaccasa Sierra is located in the eastern sub-humid Andes of the Department of Ayacucho between the valleys of the Torobamba and Yucay rivers. The Sierra de Sillaccasa(...)
ELU 5. Yucay River Valley
The Yucay River Valley is located in the eastern sub-humid Andes of the Department of Ayacucho, between the Sierra de Sillaccasa and the Huamanga-Vischongo Basin. Extensive cultivated (...)
ELU 6. Water Dividing Line of the Basin Huamanga-Vischongo
The watershed of the Huamanga-Vischongo Basins is located in the sub-humid eastern Andes of the department of Ayacucho, between the valleys of the Yucay and Vinchos rivers. (...)
ELU 7. Vinchos River Valley
The Vinchos River Valley is located in the eastern sub-humid Andes of the Department of Ayacucho, between the Huamanga-Vischongo Basin divide, to the east and the High lands (...)
ELU 8. Apacheta High Lands
The Apacheta High Lands are located in the eastern sub-humid Andes of the Department of Ayacucho, between the Vinchos River Valley and the Pampas-Palmitos River Basins.(...)
ELU 9. Pampas-Palmitos River Basin
The Pampas-Palmitos River Basin is located in the sub-humid eastern Andes of the Department of Huancavelica, between the Apacheta High Lands and the High Plains and Crests (...)
ELU 11. Water Dividing Line of the Basin Pisco-Ica
The Water Diving Line of the Basin Pisco-Ica is located in the arid western Andes of the Departments of Huancavelica and Ica. Towards the west of the city of Huaytará, (...)
ELU 14. The Ica-Lima Coastal Plain
The Ica-Lima Coastal Plain is located on the Pacific coast of Peru, in the departments of Ica and Lima, where the Pampa Melchorita LNG Plant is located. The last section of the gas pipeline (...)
ELU 10. High Plains and the Huaytará Cordillera
The High Plains and Huaytará Cordillera are located in the semi-arid western Andes of the Department of Huancavelica, between the Pampas-Palmitos River Basins and the ELU Water Diving Line (...)
ELU 12. Coastal Hills of Bats
The Coastal Hills of Bats are located in the arid western Andes and in the foothills of the Department of Ica, east of the Pisco Sand Plains and north of the city of Ica.(...)
ELU 13. Sandplains of Pisco
The Sandplains of Pisco are located on the Pacific coast of Peru, in the Department of Ica, south of the Pisco River, east of the city of Pisco and north-west of the city of Ica. (...)
ELU 15. The Cold Sea of the Peruvian Current
The cold sea of the Peruvian Current extends along the Peruvian coast from the southern limit with Chile to 5 ° south latitude at Punta Pariñas - Piura. This coast is where it is located (...)