Tapajós National Forest
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| Floresta Nacional do Tapajós | |
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IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
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| Nearest city | Santarém, Pará |
| Coordinates | 3°31′01″S 55°04′23″W / 3.517°S 55.073°WCoordinates: 3°31′01″S 55°04′23″W / 3.517°S 55.073°W |
| Area | 549,066.87 hectares (1,356,773.8 acres) |
| Designation | National forest |
| Created | 19 February 1974 |
| Administrator | Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation |
The Tapajós National Forest (Portuguese: Floresta Nacional do Tapajós) is a Brazilian national forest in the state of Pará, Brazil. It supports sustainable exploitation of the natural resources in an area of Amazon rainforest.
The Tapajós National Forest has an area of 549,066.87 hectares (1,356,773.8 acres). It is in the municipalities of Belterra, Aveiro, Rurópolis and Placas in the state of Pará.
The unit is bounded by the Tapajós, the Cupari River, a tributary of the Tapajós, and the BR-163 Santarém–Cuiabá road. Part of the forest drains into the Tapajós to the west, and part drains into the Curuá Una River basin to the east. The Moju River, a tributary of the Curuá-Una, rises in the forest. The side of the forest along the banks of the Tapajós has elevations of about 100 metres (330 ft) cut by ravines and deep valleys. The flat areas are periodically flooded in the rainy season. Further from the river the forest is on the Tapajós-Xingu plateau, with elevations of 120 to 170 metres (390 to 560 ft).
The Tapajós National Forest is in the Amazon biome. Average annual rainfall is 1,820 millimetres (72 in). Temperatures range from 21 to 31 °C (70 to 88 °F) with an average of 26 °C (79 °F).
Forest coverage includes dense rainforest with emergent trees, alluvial rainforest flooded for part of the year, open tropical forest with palms a vines, and secondary forest along the borders and access routes. Species of trees include Aniba canelilla, Aspidosperma carapanaúba, Attalea maripa, Bertholletia excelsa (Brazil nut), Carapa guianensis, Carapa guianensis, Ceiba pentandra, Copaifera Ducke, Cordia goeldiana, Coumarouma odorata, Dinizia excelsa, Genipa americana, Hura creptans, Inga disticla, Lecythis paraensis, Macrolopium campestre, Mauritia flexuosa, Mauritia flexuosa, Mezilaurus itauba, Minguarita guianensis, Nectandra amazonium, Oenocarpus bacaba, Orbignia martiana, Protium species, Spondia lutear, Vatairea paraensis and Xilopia species.
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