Uatuma–Trombetas moist forests
The Uatuma–Trombetas moist forests (NT0173) is an ecoregion in northwest Brazil in the Amazon biome.
It covers the Amazon basin north of the Amazon River from close to the Atlantic Ocean to the Rio Negro west of Manaus.
The ecoregion is relatively intact, although it has been damaged along the main rivers and around population centers.
Section of the Amazon River midway between Manaus and the coast. The Trombetas River flows from the northwest (upper right) into the Amazon.
Two captive sun parakeets (Aratinga solstitialis)
The Amazon biome contains the Amazon rainforest, an area of tropical rainforest, and other ecoregions that cover most of the Amazon basin and some adjacent areas to the north and east. The biome contains blackwater and whitewater flooded forest, lowland and montane terra firma forest, bamboo and palm forest, savanna, sandy heath and alpine tundra. Some areas of the biome are threatened by deforestation for timber and to make way for pasture or soybean plantations.
Anavilhanas National Park, Amazonas, Brazil
Cerros de Mavecure in the Guiana Shield in Colombia
White water of the Solimões and black water of the Rio Negro converge to form the Amazon River
Pico da Neblina on the Brazil–Venezuela border. The Pico da Neblina National Park has a variety of ecosystems.
