Caqueta moist forests
| Caqueta moist forests | |
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| Ecology | |
| Realm | Neotropical |
| Biome | Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests – Amazon |
| Geography | |
| Area | 184,148.15 km2 (71,100.00 sq mi) |
| Countries | Colombia, Brazil |
| Coordinates | 0°08′55″N 71°31′01″W / 0.1486°N 71.517°WCoordinates: 0°08′55″N 71°31′01″W / 0.1486°N 71.517°W |
The Caqueta moist forests (NT0107) is an ecoregion of tropical moist broad leaf forest to the east of the Andes in the east of Colombia, with a small section in Brazil, in the Amazon biome. The forests are in the transition between the Guiana and Amazon regions, and have highly diverse flora and fauna. They are relatively intact, although they are mostly unprotected and are threatened with deforestation to create cattle pastures.
The Caqueta moist forests, mainly in Colombia, are in the foothills of the Andes. They have an area of 18,414,815 hectares (45,504,000 acres). They are in a region where many rivers flow from the Andes to the Amazon basin. Average annual temperatures range from 20 to 32 °C (68 to 90 °F) depending on elevation and forest coverage. The region has some of the highest rainfall in the Amazon region, with an average of 3,000 millimetres (120 in), and as much as 4,000 millimetres (160 in) in some years.
On the northeast the forest is bounded by the Guainía (Rio Negro), Guaviare, and Guayabero rivers. In the west it is bounded by the Andes. In the south it is bounded by the Caguán River and then the Caquetá (Japurá) River. The forest is crossed by the Apaporis, Vaupés and Yarí rivers. The ecoregion adjoins the Napo moist forests to the west, the Solimões-Japurá moist forests to the south, the Japurá-Solimões-Negro moist forests to the east, the Negro Branco moist forests and the Llanos grasslands to the north, and the Cordillera Oriental montane forests to the northwest.
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