Brazil Eco Adventure Tours
Rainforest - Hiking & Biking - Wildlife
Atlantic Rainforest
Ecosystems
According to vegetation map of the Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics (IBGE) from 1993, the ecosystems of the
Atlantic
Rainforest
biome
can be divided into:
• Pioneer Formations (
Mangrove
and
Restinga
)
•
Tropical Rainforest
(Floresta Ombrófila)
•
Seasonal Rainforest
(Floresta Estacional)
• Altitude Fields (
Campos de Altitude
)
Based on altimetric and pedalogical (
soil
studies) research, these ecosystems can be divided into finer subunits, so - called
altitudinal zones
.
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