Igapó (iɣɐˈpɔ) is a word used in Brazil for blackwater-flooded Amazonian forests. These forests and similar swamp forests are seasonally inundated with freshwater. They typically occur along the lower reaches of rivers and around freshwater lakes. Freshwater swamp forests are found in a range of climate zones, from boreal through temperate an...
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(from the article `Amazon River`) In addition to the rain forests of the terra firme, there are two types of inundated rain forests, várzea and igapó, which constitute about 3 percent ...
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