Amazon-Orinoco-Southern Caribbean mangroves
| Amazon-Orinoco-Southern Caribbean mangroves (NT1401) | |
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| Ecology | |
| Realm | Neotropical |
| Biome | Mangrove |
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| Countries | Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana,Brazil |
| Coordinates | 5°58′55″N 55°35′42″W / 5.982°N 55.595°WCoordinates: 5°58′55″N 55°35′42″W / 5.982°N 55.595°W |
| Climate type | Af: equatorial, fully humid |
The Amazon-Orinoco-Southern Caribbean mangroves (NT1401) is an ecoregion along the coasts of Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and Brazil.
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/Falcon dry forests, La Costa xeric shrublands, Cordillera de la Costa montane forests, Araya and Paria xeric 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, Guianan Freshwater swamp forests, Uatuma-Trombetas moist forests, Guianan savanna, Marajó várzea, , Maranhão Babaçu forests and Northeastern Brazil restingas.
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