The upland country of Paraguay had many mountains and waterfalls. The location of Paraguay is Central South America, northwest of Argentina. Their Natural Resource are hydro power, timber, iron, ore, and manganese. The country area is slightly smaller than California. This country has the thickest population on the grassy slope near the Paraguay River. The greater part of the Chaco Region to the west is covered with marshes, lagoons, dense forests, and jungles. Paraguay is a land locked country between Brazil, Argentina and Bolivia in South America. The latitude and longitude of the country is 23°S and 58°W.The eastern portion is called Paranena region and the western portion is called the Gran Chaco region. According to the physical geography of Paraguay mainly grassy plains and wooded hills lays in the eastern Paraguay and Gran Chaco region has marshy lands. The eastern forests are mainly dominated by hardwood trees like urunday, cedron, curupay, and lapacho. Yerba mate is a plant which has great medicinal value.