A large community of vegetation and wildlife adapted to a specific climate.
AMAZON BIOME
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About 49% of the Brazilian territory / Tropical rainforest / Equatorial climate / Depressions and plateaus
AMAZON BIOME
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20% of the world's water availability and mineral reserves / 1/3 of the world's reserves of rainforest fauna species
AMAZON BIOME
15
Largest tropical forest in the world / 1.5 million catalogued species, 3 thousand species of fish, 950 types of birds, as well as insects, reptiles and mammals.
AMAZON BIOME
15
Why has deforastation increased in the past few years ?
Beause of logging and mining activities
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Occupies approximately 13% of the Brazilian territory / Located in the coastal region: most populated region
ATLANTIC FOREST BIOME
15
Most threatened brazilian biome - only about 27% of its original forest cover remaining
ATLANTIC FOREST BIOME
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The fifth most threatened area rich in endemic species in the world.
ATLANTIC FOREST BIOME
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Approximately 24% of the Brazilian territory / World's richest Savannah in biodiversity.
CERRADO BIOME
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Until the 1950s, remained almost unchanged / From the 1960s on, the natural vegetation cover gave way to cattle raising and intensive agriculture
CERRADO BIOME
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10% of the national territory / It is located in an area with a semi-arid climate.
CAATINGA BIOME
15
Periodic droughts and intermittent regimes to the rivers
CAATINGA BIOME
15
Vegetation without leaves that sprout again and become green in short rainy periods (deciduous)
CAATINGA BIOME
15
2% of the national territory / the Brazilian portion of the South American Pampas.
PAMPA BIOME
15
rainy climate, with no dry season, but with negative temperatures in the winter / Grassland vegetation
PAMPA BIOME
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2% of the national territory / 6th of the largest wetland in the world.