LENCOIS MARANHENSES
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O Parque Nacional dos Lencois Maranhenses eh uma reserva ecologica brasileira com uma area de 155 mil hectares nas margens do Rio Preguicas, no nordeste do estado do Maranhao e distante cerca de 260 km de Sao Luis, com dunas de ate 40 metros e lagoas de agua doce. / The Lencois Maranhenses National Park is located in Maranhao state, in northeastern Brazil. It is an area of low, flat, occasionally flooded land, overlaid with large, discrete sand dunes. It encompasses roughly 1000 square kilometers, and despite abundant rain, supports almost no vegetation.
