Pindorama Biological Reserve ( pt, Reserva Biológica de Pindorama) is a
biological reserve in the state of
São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...
, Brazil.
Location
The reserve is located in the municipality of
Pindorama
Pindorama () is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The name is Tupi for ''Land of the Palms'', the natives name for Brazil. According to tradition, before colonisation "Pindorama" (Tupi for "Land of the Palms") was the native name ...
in the state of São Paulo.
It has a total area of .
Altitude ranges from .
Average annual rainfall is .
Average temperature is in the winter and in the summer.
Conservation
The Pindorama Experimental Station of the Instituto Agronômico da Coordenadoria da Pesquisa Agropecuária was transformed into the biological reserve by law no.4.960 of 6 January 1986.
There are four fragments of surviving tropical semi-deciduous forest of the
Atlantic Forest
The Atlantic Forest ( pt, Mata Atlântica) is a South American forest that extends along the Atlantic coast of Brazil from Rio Grande do Norte state in the northeast to Rio Grande do Sul state in the south and inland as far as Paraguay and th ...
biome, covering about .
169 species of birds have been identified.
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Biological reserves of Brazil
Protected areas of São Paulo (state)
Protected areas of the Atlantic Forest