Rice
📍 PeruClick a numbered marker on the plant to explore each life-cycle stage — or read the key dates on the right.
Roots & seed establish first. Sow in at .
Leaves & stem drive the vegetative stage over .
Flowering falls mid-cycle between sowing () and harvest (). Keep stress low here.
Fruit/grain matures — harvest around .
Where Rice grows in Peru
Coast
It is a narrow strip located between the Western Cordillera and the Pacific Ocean. Rainfall decreases from north to south, making the region extremely arid. The aridity is interrupted by 53 rivers that flow down from the Sierra, forming very fertile coastal valleys on whose banks the main coastal cities are located, constituting important agricultural centers. The altitude ranges from 0 meters above sea level to 1,000 meters above sea level. From Tacna to part of Piura there is an arid subtropical climate with an average annual temperature between 19 and 20 °C, and with very little rainfall (mostly less than 30 mm/year). From Piura to, the climate is warm, semi-arid and seasonal. Dry (with rainy seasons and other dry ones), with low precipitation (200 mm/year), and with average temperatures higher than 24 °C.
Jungle or Amazon Region
The Amazon region is the largest in the Peruvian territory. Is warm, humid and with very dense vegetation. It extends both in the Amazonian plain -low jungle- and in the eastern part of the Andes -high jungle or yungas-, in whose highest part is the ceja de selva, a region of abrupt relief and high cloudiness. It has a Tropical humid or warm humid climate: it predominates in the low jungle. Rainfall is around 2,000 mm/year, and it has average temperatures of 25 °C, with extreme values above 30 °C. Thera are two main types of climate: i) Tropical humid or warm humid climate: it predominates in the low jungle. Rainfall is around 2,000 mm/year, and it has average temperatures of 25 °C, with extreme values above 30 °C; ii) Semi-warm or very humid subtropical climate: on the eastern Andean slopes, with rainfall over 3,000 mm/year and average temperatures of 22 °C. There are local variations in the intensity of rainfall.
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