Sinú Valley dry forests
| Sinú Valley dry forests (NT0229) | |
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| Ecology | |
| Realm | Neotropical |
| Biome | Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests |
| Geography | |
| Area | 25,123 km2 (9,700 sq mi) |
| Countries | Colombia |
| Coordinates | 9°53′31″N 74°09′58″W / 9.892°N 74.166°WCoordinates: 9°53′31″N 74°09′58″W / 9.892°N 74.166°W |
| Climate type | Aw": equatorial, winter dry |
The Sinú Valley dry forests (NT0229) is an ecoregion in the north of Colombia.
The Sinú Valley dry forests ecoregion is in the north of Colombia. It has an area of 2,512,288 hectares (6,208,000 acres).
In the north, the ecoregion surrounds the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and the Santa Marta montane forests ecoregion. To the north it transitions into patches of the Guajira-Barranquilla xeric scrub ecoregion, and into a section of Amazon-Orinoco-Southern Caribbean mangroves along the coast. To the southeast it transitions into the Cordillera Oriental montane forests ecoregion and in the south meets the Magdalena Valley montane forests ecoregion. To the southwest it transitions into the Magdalena-Urabá moist forests ecoregion.
At a sample location at coordinates 10°15′N 74°15′W / 10.25°N 74.25°W the Köppen climate classification is "Aw": equatorial, winter dry. Mean temperatures range from 26.9 °C (80.4 °F) in October to 28.4 °C (83.1 °F) in March and April. Total annual rainfall is about 1,490 millimetres (59 in). Monthly rainfall ranges from 24.8 millimetres (0.98 in) in December to 241.5 millimetres (9.51 in) in October.
The ecoregion is in the neotropical realm, in the tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests biome.
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