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Negro–Branco Moist Forests
The Negro–Branco moist forests (NT0143) is an ecoregion of tropical moist broadleaf forest to the east of the Andes in southern Venezuela, eastern Colombia and northern Brazil, in the Amazon biome. It lies on the watershed between the Orinoco and Rio Negro (Amazon), Rio Negro basins. It includes both Blackwater river, blackwater and Whitewater river (river type), whitewater rivers, creating different types of seasonally flooded forest. The vegetation is more typical of the The Guianas, Guiana region than the Amazon. Location The ecoregion has an area of It overlays the Casiquiare Rift. The center of the ecoregion is in the extreme south of Venezuela, and covers part of the Parima Tapirapecó National Park. It extends west into Colombia, where it includes the south of El Tuparro National Natural Park, and extends to the southeast into the Brazilian states of Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas and Roraima, including part of the Pico da Neblina National Park. It adjoins the Caq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neotropical Realm
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropics, tropical Ecoregion#Terrestrial, terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate climate, temperate zone. Definition In biogeography, the Neotropic or Neotropical realm is one of the eight terrestrial realms. This realm includes South America, Central America, the Caribbean Islands, and southern North America. In Mexico, the Yucatán Peninsula and southern lowlands, and most of the east and west coastlines, including the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula are Neotropical. In the United States southern Florida and coastal Central Florida are considered Neotropical. The realm also includes temperate southern South America. In contrast, the Neotropical Phytochorion, Floristic Kingdom excludes southernmost South America, which instead is placed in the Antarctic Floristic Kingdom, Antarctic kingdom. The Neo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
