Samuel Ecological Station
ecological Station
The Samuel Ecological Station (Portuguese: Estação Ecológica Samuel) is a strictly protected ecological station in the state of Rondônia, Brazil.
It contains a tract of Amazon rainforest that extends east from the reservoir formed by the Samuel Hydroelectric Dam.
Location
The Samuel State Ecological Station is in the northern portion of the state of Rondonia.
It covers part of the Jamari River basin and a large part of the reservoir of the Samuel Hydroelectric Dam.
The conservation unit extends the east from this reservoir.
It is bounded to the north by the Jequitibá Forestry Settlement Project (Projeto de Assentamento Florestal), to the north and east by the Jacundá National Forest and to the south by the Jamari National Forest.
The unit lies in the municipalities of Candeias do Jamari (76%) and Itapuã do Oeste (24%).
Environment
The Samuel State Ecological Station lies in the lower plateau of the western Amazonia, with altitudes from 70 to 200 metres (230 to 660 ft) above sea level.
The conservation unit is completely covered with open rainforest of the Amazon biome.
The unit has diverse flora, with up to 200 species of trees per hectare.
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