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The Atlantic Forest (Portuguese: Mata Atlântica) is a South American forest that extends along the Atlantic coast of Brazil from Rio Grande do Norte state in the northeast to Rio Grande do Sul state in the south and inland as far as Paraguay and the Misiones Province of Argentina, where the region is known as Selva Misionera.
The Atlantic Forest Biosphere Reserve was defined in 1991, covering a few parts of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Paraná. [4] Non-government organizations played an important role in its creation. [5] In 1992 it covered about 2,499,990 hectares (6,177,600 acres), with 356,998 hectares (882,160 acres) of sea. [6] The Atlantic Forest Biosphere ...
It is an integral part of the Atlantic Forest Biosphere Reserve and covers 73 municipalities in the state of São Paulo. It is an important complex of state and federal protected areas as it is the largest continuous stretch of Atlantic Forest in Brazil. [111] [112] Atlantic Forest Brazil: 1993 1.480.000 [113]
Flora of the Atlantic Forest−Mata Atlântica biome is a biome with ecoregions of southeastern South America. Located primarily in Brazil, and into southern South America in Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Map of Atlantic Forest−Mata Atlântica biome in South America.
The Forest is home to hundreds of species of plants and wildlife, many threatened by extinction, and found only in the Atlantic Forest biome. The vegetation is so dense that scientists have estimated that ambient temperatures in surrounding areas have been lowered by up to 9 °C. The forest also contains some 30 waterfalls. [3]
The Atlantic Forest (Portuguese: Mata Atlântica) — a terrestrial biome and geographic region in southeastern South America.. The diverse ecoregions of the Atlantic Forest extend along the Atlantic coast of Brazil from Rio Grande do Norte state in the north; southwards through the states of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, to Rio Grande do Sul state; and inland as far as Paraguay, and the ...
The Araucaria moist forests, officially classified as mixed ombrophilous forest (Portuguese: "Floresta Ombrófila Mista") in Brazil, are a montane subtropical moist forest ecoregion. The forest ecosystem is located in southern Brazil and northeastern Argentina. The ecoregion is a southern portion of the Atlantic Forest. The ecoregion also ...
The Atlantic mixed forests is a terrestrial ecoregion in western Europe. It extends along the western edge of continental Europe, from southwestern France through northern France, Belgium, the Netherlands, northwestern Germany, and western Denmark. Most of the region's forests and dunes have been converted to fields, pastures, and forest ...