Várzea forest
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A várzea forest is a seasonal floodplain forest inundated by whitewater rivers that occurs in the Amazon biome. Until the late 1970s, the definition was less clear and várzea was often used for all pe
A river in the Amazon
Amazonas floating village, Iquitos
Grove of açaí palms
Aerial view of Slapton Sands and northern part of Ley geograph.org.uk 1434412
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
Várzea forest
…nutrient rich, high sediment whitewater rivers such as the Solimões-Amazon, the Purus, and Madeira rivers. This makes the várzea areas distinct from igapós, floodplains from nutrient poor blackwater. The water level fluctuations that the várzea experiences result in distinct aquatic and terrestrial phases…
Igapó in Brazil
Pacu (Colossoma macropomum), an important food fish and seed predator common in igapó
Giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)
Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestrus)