várzea e igapós
English translation: "várzea" and "igapós" areas (floodplain/ seasonally flooded areas and permantently flooded areas)
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plains and wetland forests Explanation: Igapós are forests in Amazonia standing in water caused by flooding rivers. After a while the water stagnates. Hope this explains it. You could also describe the forests as water-logged. |
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peer agreement (net): +1marshes and creeks Explanation: ACAJATUBA JUNGLE LODGE - THE QUEST ECOTOURISM - AMAZON - BRAZILBoat rides up Igapós and Igarapés (Amazonian creeks); Jungle trekking; ... Night fluvial expedition to Igarapés and Igapós (Amazonian creeks), offshoots of ... www.iis.com.br/~thequest/acajatub.htm -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 15 mins (2006-04-18 13:01:51 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- go4brazil.comYou will admire the beauty of lush tropical landscapes: flooded forests (igapós), and small streams (igarapés). You also will visit local communities on the ... www.go4brazil.com/store/amazon.asp -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 16 mins (2006-04-18 13:03:25 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- correction: igapós => flooded forests igarapés => small streams..creeks -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 18 mins (2006-04-18 13:05:14 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Várzea is that part of the Amazon forest which lies next to rivers and is flooded annually for several months. The trees are adapted to having their lower parts submerged in water in this way. http://www.arthurgrosset.com/misc/varzea.html |
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peer agreement (net): +1floodplain and swamps Explanation: pretty straightforward |
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peer agreement (net): +1| várzea e igapós "várzea" and "igapós" areas (floodplain/ seasonally flooded areas and permantently flooded areas) Explanation: As a Brazilian, I would suggest leaving their original names for being extremely typical of the area. ... The flooded forest mammals - tapirs, capybaras and others - are ... mammals can be found in the "várzea" rivers, like ... and clear waters of the "igapós", poor in ... www.brasembottawa.org/en/environment/ brazil_eco_sys/index. html ... ecosystems in the world — the seasonally flooded forest known as the várzea. ... With the help of researchers, certain areas of the reserve have been ... www.floodedforest.com/ff-wcsinff These two types of seasonally flooded habitat occurring inside and outside of the outermost levees of the river and known respectively as várzea and igapó ... www.amazonian-fish.co.uk/c40.html ... ecosystems in the world — the seasonally flooded forest known as the várzea. ... With the help of researchers, certain areas of the reserve have been ... www.floodedforest.com/ff-wcsinff The forests of this ecoregion grow in areas that stretch across the low, seasonally flooded river drainages of the central and lower Amazon River basin, ... www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/ profiles/terrestrial/nt/ nt0141.html The total area of flooded, or varzea, forest is between 50-60000 km2, ... the forest vegetation of the varzea is well adapted to being seasonally flooded. ... www.amazon-ecotours.com/subpage/ Amazon/fun%20&%20amaz(on)ing%20facts.htm ... the Amazon rain forest and crossed by the Amazon basin and its relief is divided into three different levels: the igapos, permanently flooded areas, where the ... www.brazil.org.uk/page.php?cid=353&offset=0 ... and its relief is divided into three different levels: the igapos, permanently flooded areas, where the roots of the vegetation are always under water; ... www.mre.gov.br/cdbrasil/itamaraty/ web/ingles/divpol/norte/am/ apresent/apresent.htm The igapos are permanently flooded areas with vegetation that has underwater roots. Flatplains are higher lands which are only flooded by the rivers during ... www.bitourism.com/countryinfo/countryinfo_geography.asp igapos - permanently flooded land, roots of vegetation always submerged ... However, the Portuguese controlled the area in practicality, with numerous ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazonas_(Brazilian_state) |
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whitewater seasonally indundated forest and blackwater permanently inundated forest Explanation: As an option, you can keep "várzea forests" and "igapó forests" as these ecosystems are quite specific. www.biodiv.org/doc/world/br/br-nr-01-p7-en.pdf Lowland terra firme dense forest, undulating and submontane relief hillforest, white-water seasonally inundated forest (várzea), black-water seasonally inundated forest (igapó), permanently inundated forest (igapó,black-water or clear-water)... This area possesses a great variety of vegetable physiognomies, from dense forests to open fields. Dense forests are represented by forests of firm earth, the várzea forests which are periodically flooded, and the igapó forests which are permanently flooded as happens in almost the entire central region of Amazônia. http://www.brcactaceae.org/ecosystems.html Igapó forests appear where blackwater rivers flood. These rivers are so named because dark tannins stain the water. With such acidity and lack of a sediment load, trees such as Ficus and Clusia thrive in the nutrient-poor, white sands. Várzea forests grow in nutrient-rich soils deposited by the floods of whitewater rivers, whose milky current churns with sediment from the Andes. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/profiles/terrest... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2006-04-18 15:26:38 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- please read "inundated" above :) |
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