Amazon–Orinoco–Southern Caribbean mangroves
Ecoregion (WWF)
The Amazon–Orinoco–Southern Caribbean mangroves (NT1401) is an ecoregion along the coasts of Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and Brazil.
Location
The Amazon-Orinoco-Southern Caribbean mangroves cover stretches of the northern, Caribbean, coasts of Colombia and Venezuela, and of the Atlantic coasts of Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and northeast Brazil.
It includes sections of the coasts of the Brazilian states of Amapá, Pará and Maranhão.
The eastern part of the ecoregion makes up the 31,855 square kilometres (12,299 sq mi) Guianan–Amazon Mangroves global ecoregion, which in turn is made up of the Guianan mangroves, Amapá mangroves, Pará mangroves, and Maranhão mangroves terrestrial ecoregions.
Along the Caribbean coast the mangroves are found along sections of Guajira–Barranquilla xeric scrub, Sinú Valley dry forests, Paraguana xeric scrub, Lara–Falcón dry forests, La Costa xeric shrublands, Cordillera de la Costa montane forests, Araya and Paria xeric scrub, Aruba–Curaçao–Bonaire cactus scrub, Orinoco wetlands and Orinoco Delta swamp forests, which extend along the coast into the Atlantic.
Along the Atlantic coast the mangroves are found along sections of Guianan moist forests, Paramaribo swamp forests, Uatuma–Trombetas moist forests, Guianan savanna, Marajó várzea, Tocantins–Araguaia–Maranhão moist forests, Maranhão Babaçu forests and Northeastern Brazil restingas.
Ecology
The ecoregion is in the Neotropical realm and the mangrove biome.
Climate
The Köppen climate classification is "Af": equatorial, fully humid.
At a sample location inland from the coast at 4.75°N 56.25°W / 4.75; -56.25 in the Raleigh Falls - Voltzberg Nature Reserve the temperatures are relatively stable throughout the year.
The average yearly minimum is 22 °C (72 °F) and maximum 31 °C (88 °F) with a mean temperature of 26.3 °C (79.3 °F).
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