Peru (; ; ; ), officially the
Republic of Peru , is a country in western
South America. It is bordered in the north by
Ecuador and
Colombia, in the east by
Brazil, in the southeast by
Bolivia, in the south by
Chile, and in the west by the
Pacific Ocean. Peru is an extremely
biodiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the
Andes mountains vertically extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical
Amazon Basin rainforest in the east with the
Amazon river.