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    The Purus várzea (NT0156) is an ecoregion of seasonally flooded várzea forest in the central Amazon basin. It is part of the Amazon biome. The ecoregion...
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    The Purus River (Portuguese: Rio Purus; Spanish: Río Purús) is a tributary of the Amazon River in South America. Its drainage basin is 371,042 km2 (143...
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    west of the Purus River, sharing with this the bottom of the immense inland Amazon depression, and having all the characteristics of the Purus as regards...
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  • waters. The Iquitos várzea ecoregion covers the margins of the upper Amazon and its tributaries. Further down are the Purus várzea in the middle Amazon...
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    ecoregion in its upper reaches. It flows through the Purus várzea ecoregion before joining the Purus. List of rivers of Amazonas Ziesler & Ardizzone 1979...
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    endemic species. The Purus-Madeira moist forests are bounded by the Purus várzea ecoregion along the Purus and the Monte Alegre várzea along the Solimões...
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  • flows through the Purus várzea ecoregion before joining the Purus. List of rivers of Amazonas FLONA do Iquiri – ISA. RDS Piagaçu-Purus – ISA. Sears. FLONA...
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  • The river flows through the Purus-Madeira moist forests ecoregion in its upper reaches. It flows through the Purus várzea ecoregion, where it joins the...
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    Petén–Veracruz moist forests Mexico Puerto Rican moist forests Puerto Rico Purus várzea Brazil Purus–Madeira moist forests Brazil Rio Negro campinarana Brazil, Colombia...
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    basin. Beyond this arch the Iquitos várzea ecoregion merges into the Purus várzea ecoregion. The Iquitos várzea is found along river sections within...
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    igapó forest (Brazil) Gurupa várzea (Brazil) Iquitos várzea (Bolivia, Brazil, Peru) Marajó várzea (Brazil) Monte Alegre várzea (Brazil) Orinoco Delta swamp...
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    wide floodplains of the Japurá and Solimões rivers hold the várzea forests of the Purus várzea ecoregion. The blackwater Rio Negro and rivers of the interior...
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  • Venezuela) Gurupá várzea (Brazil) Iquitos várzea (Bolivia, Brazil, Peru) Japurá–Solimões–Negro moist forests (Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela) Juruá–Purus moist forests...
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    and Santa Catalina. For much of its length the river flows through the Purus várzea ecoregion. The river is home to a wide variety of fish and reptiles,...
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    to the north, east and south by stretches of the Purus várzea ecoregion along the Solimões and Purus rivers. The ecoregion contains the Juruá River, which...
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    Japurá. The Purus várzea and then the Iquitos várzea along the Solimões define the southern boundary in Brazil and Peru. The Purus várzea forms the south...
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  • Petén–Veracruz moist forests Mexico Puerto Rican moist forests Puerto Rico Purus várzea Brazil Purus–Madeira moist forests Brazil Rio Negro campinarana Brazil, Colombia...
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    temperature 26.0°C Gurupa várzea (NT0126) Manaus, Brazil, 72 m, annual mean temperature 26.6°C Monte Alegre várzea (NT0141) Purus várzea (NT0156) Colombia -...
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    land "várzea". A more recent definition, from Prance, is: Major flooded areas include the Iquitos, Purus, Monte Alegre, Gurupa and Marajó várzeas. The...
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  • Venezuela) Gurupa várzea (Brazil) Iquitos várzea (Bolivia, Brazil, Peru) Japurá–Solimões–Negro moist forests (Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela) Juruá–Purus moist forests...
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    subtropical moist broadleaf forests Purus várzea Brazil Neotropical Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests Purus várzea Colombia Neotropical Tropical...
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    stretches of Iquitos várzea along the main rivers, blending into Purus várzea near the eastern border, where it adjoins the Juruá–Purus moist forests ecoregion...
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  • The Purus National Forest (Portuguese: Floresta Nacional do Purus) is a national forest in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. It surrounds the shamanic-Christian...
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    The Purus-Madeira moist forests lie to the west of the Madeira and the south of the Amazon. The Purus várzea is upstream along the Solimões and Purus rivers...
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    Brazil between the middle and lower Purus River and the lower Madeira River P. a. purusianus, Brazil along the upper Purus River P. a. flavifrons, northeastern...
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    the Careiro da Várzea terminal on the south shore. From there the highway runs southwest through the interfluvial region between the Purus and Madeira rivers...
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    The species also enters extensive várzea forest, especially if the forest is tall and well-developed. Such várzea forest contrasts with the habitat needs...
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  • their skins. The reserve is in the Solimões-Japurá moist forests and Purus várzea eco regions. There are two endemic primates, the white uakari (Cacajao...
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    The Purus jacamar (Galbalcyrhynchus purusianus) is a species of bird in the family Galbulidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru. The Purus jacamar...
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  • Piagaçu-Purus Sustainable Development Reserve (Portuguese: Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Piagaçu-Purus) is a sustainable development reserve...
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