pantanal
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4ADJ.
abundant, recent, south, threatened
VERB + PANTANAL
called
PANTANAL + NOUN
wetlands, years
PREP.
in, in
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noun
A marsh (a broad, flat area with pools of water and trees) in the Pantanal region of South America.
To the west the savannahs extend as far as the affluents of the Paraguay and Madeira. Here, as on the coast, we come again to primeval forests, the 'pantanals,' of a tropical luxuriance, which, like the forests of Hylæa, owe their peculiarities to running water. To the south of these the plains of Gran-Chaco, and the woody highland of Paraguay, alternating with open grass[…]
Lepidosiren lives in the vast swamps (chacos and pantanals) of Rio Paraguay and Rio Amazonas.
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A tropical wetlands region of central South America.
Usually flooded for much of the year, the Pantanal in recent years has been parched by a string of severe droughts that scientists have linked to deforestation and climate change.
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6To the west the savannahs extend as far as the affluents of the Paraguay and Madeira. Here, as on the coast, we come again to primeval forests, the 'pantanals,' of a tropical luxuriance, which, like t
WiktionaryLepidosiren lives in the vast swamps (chacos and pantanals) of Rio Paraguay and Rio Amazonas.
WiktionaryThe land is largely composed of the pantanals, the flat, wide-stretching marshes through which the Paraguay and its affluents wind. Where the land is low it is covered with papyrus and water-grass; if
WiktionaryUsually flooded for much of the year, the Pantanal in recent years has been parched by a string of severe droughts that scientists have linked to deforestation and climate change.
WiktionaryA biodiversity sanctuary in Brazil called The Pantanal is threatened by deforestation.
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