Tropical Forests

Tropical Forests are Amazon biological communities. Along the South American region, dominated by the majestic Amazon river and its inhabitants, we can find the biggest tropical rainy forest of the world. This forest is considered, by its biomass, as half of the tropical forest of the planet.

This forest is the habitat for a million of vegetal species, including almost a third part of flower producers. The tropical rainy Forest of the Amazon region covers Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Ecuador, Surinam and Peru. In a broad sense, the Amazon forests are considered as: Solid ground forest.

Forest land

Generally, the solid land rainy forest is composed by forest species growing on the highest and driest grounds of the amazon basin. Generally, these species grow on the hills making the low foothills of the Western Andes. The community has most different vegetation of the world; there are many tree species to be mentioned.

Seasonal Flooded Forest

This forest grows on flat lands flooded by seasonal rains every year. Flood is always easy to predict and happen as a subsequent effect of the seasonal rains in the Andes. This kind of forest may have hundreds of miles square from the rivers shores, with flooded areas during 4 or 10 months per year. Ficus are the most common and characteristic trees species in this forest.

Irregular Flooded Forest

Generally, this forest grows in the Amazon high lands along small streams where local rain is irregular. This rain may cause flood any time. Wet forest of low lands is also permanently flooded.

This forest community grows on flood lands or low areas with little drainage. The characteristic trees species of this community include the palmettos and lupunas (ceibas).

Flooded forest by tides

This forest is close to the Amazon river. This community has a seasonal flood and it is also flooded by fresh water twice a day. This happens as small rivers are pushed across by the oceanic tides pressure.