Igapó
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Igapó is a word used in Brazil for blackwater-flooded forests in the Amazon biome. These forests and similar swamp forests are seasonally inundated with freshwater. They typically occur along the lowe
Igapó in Brazil
Pacu (Colossoma macropomum), an important food fish and seed predator common in igapó
Giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)
Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestrus)
A whitewater river is classified based on its chemistry, sediments and water colour. Whitewater rivers have high levels of suspended sediments, giving the water a pH that is near-neutral, a high elect
Igapó
…forests are found in a range of climate zones, from boreal through temperate and subtropical to tropical. In the Amazon Basin of Brazil, a seasonally whitewater-flooded forest is known as a várzea, which is similar to igapó in many regards; the key difference between the two habitats is in the type of water…
The Meeting of Waters where the pale brownish (whitewater) Amazon River mixes with the dark (blackwater) Rio Negro
The Madeira showing the typical pale muddy colour of a whitewater river as it flows past Porto Velho, Brazil
The tambaqui, an important species in Amazonian fisheries, relies on whitewater to breed