Noques Jungle

The wooded hills around Los Noques lie on the eastern slopes of the Andes, where the humid Yungas meet the drier Chaco. Streams descend through a landscape enclosed by ridges, and vegetation changes with altitude. Lower slopes carry transition forest, while mountain forest contains tall cedars, walnuts and tipa trees. Higher still, the forest gives way to mountain pines and grassland. The Los Noques stream is one of the waterways in this varied country.