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The vegetation of the Pantanal, often referred to as the "Pantanal complex", is a mixture of plant communities typical of a variety of surrounding biome regions: these include moist tropical Amazonian rainforest plants, semiarid woodland plants typical of northeast Brazil, Brazilian cerrado savanna plants, and plants of the Chaco savannas of ...
Pantanal Matogrossense National Park has an area of 135,606 hectares (335,090 acres). It is in the Pantanal biome . The park was created by decree nº 86.392 on 24 September 1981, and is managed by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio). [ 2 ]
The Pantanal — the world's largest tropical wetland area, and an ecoregion of the Flooded grasslands and savannas biome in South America. It is located primarily within Mato Grosso do Sul state of Brazil , and extends into Mato Grosso state, Bolivia , and Paraguay .
Transpantaneira, Poconé, Mato Grosso, Brazil. The Transpantaneira, also known as MT-060, is a road that crosses the pantanal, in the state of Mato Grosso in Brazil. The road is a link between the city of Poconé and the town of Porto Jofre. It is 147 kilometres (91 mi) long and crosses no less than 122 wooden bridges.
Map of Köppen climate types of Mato Grosso do Sul. Mato Grosso do Sul has humid subtropical and tropical climates.The average annual rainfall is 1471.1 mm. January is the warmest month, with mean maximum of 34 °C (93.2 °F) and minimum of 24 °C (75.2 °F) and more rain; July experiences the coldest temperatures, with mean maximum of 25 °C (77 °F) and minimum of -2,0 °C (28 °F) and sun.
The number of Pantanal fires so far this year has jumped tenfold from the same period last year according to Brazil's National Institute of Space Research (INPE). Fires in Brazil wetlands surge to ...
In Brazil's Pantanal, the vegetation compacted under the marshy flood water during the wet season dries out as ponds and lagoons evaporate, leaving flammable deposits underground that can continue ...
Arena Pantanal in Cuiabá. Cuiabá was one of 12 cities chosen to host the games of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, which took place in Brazil. [39] In the state were born the medalists of the World Championships Felipe Lima in swimming and David Moura in judo, in addition to the world champions of futsal Vinícius and Lenísio. [40] [41] [42]