Igapo Forest - Igapo-rin

... The typical vegetation of Amazonia is forest. This forest is divided into tropical evergreen rainforest and tropical semi-evergreen rainforest, and furthermore, in the land along the river, there are rainforests such as Igapo forest, which is always submerged in water, and Várzea forest, which is a Várzea (floodplain) forest, which is only covered with water during the flood season, so the vegetation of Amazonia is not uniform. Furthermore, grasslands are scattered within the forest. ...

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "Igapo Forest" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…　アマゾニアの典型的な植生は森林である。そして，この森林は熱帯常緑降雨林，熱帯半常緑降雨林に分かれ，さらに川沿いの土地では，常に水に浸っているイガポー林，増水期にのみ水をかぶるバルゼア(氾濫原)のバルゼア林などの降雨林があり，アマゾニアの植生も一様ではない。そのうえ，草地が森林内に点在したりしている。…

※「イガポー林」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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