Caatinga
Sign in to saveCaatinga (; ) is a type of semi-arid tropical vegetation, and an ecoregion characterized by this vegetation in interior northeastern Brazil. The name "Caatinga" comes from the Tupi word ''ka'atinga'', meaning 'white forest' (''ka'a'' = 'forest, vegetation'; tinga = 'white'). The Caatinga is a xeric shrubland and thorn forest, which consists primarily of small, thorny trees that shed their leaves seasonally. Cacti, thick-stemmed plants, thorny brush, and arid-adapted grasses make up the ground layer. Most vegetation experiences a brief burst of activity during the three-month-long rainy season.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Caatinga is referenced by 561 other articles, and connects out to Cactus, Atlantic Forest and Caatinga Cacholote.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 3 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Biosphere reserves of Brazil, Caatinga and Deserts and xeric shrublands.
Its subject is documented across 32 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Ecoregion.name
- Caatinga
- Ecoregion.image
- Um mundo chamado Sertão.jpg
- Ecoregion.image_alt
- Photo of arid landscape
- Ecoregion.caption
- Landscape
- Ecoregion.map
- Ecoregion NT1304.svg
- Ecoregion.map_caption
- Map of the Caatinga ecoregion.
- Ecoregion.ecozone
- Neotropical
- Ecoregion.biome
- deserts and xeric shrublands
- Ecoregion.border1
- Atlantic Coast restingas
- Ecoregion.border2
- Atlantic dry forests
- Ecoregion.border3
- Bahia interior forests
- Ecoregion.border4
- Caatinga moist-forest enclaves
- Ecoregion.border5
- Campos rupestres
- Ecoregion.border6
- Cerrado
- Ecoregion.border7
- Maranhão Babaçu forests
- Ecoregion.border8
- Northeastern Brazil restingas
- Ecoregion.border9
- Pernambuco coastal forests
- Ecoregion.border10
- Pernambuco interior forests
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- thorn forest
- Country
- Brazil
- Image
- Caatinga-400x300.jpg
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- Commons category
- Caatinga
- topic's main category
- Category:Caatinga
- different from
- Sertão
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Encyclopedic overview
19 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Climate
- Ecology
- Vegetation
- Fauna
- Indigenous peoples
- Possible anthropogenic origins
- Conservation
- Economic exploitation
- Agriculture
- Grazing
- See also
- On Caatinga
- The five other major ecoregions of Brazil
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- Historical biogeographic surveys
- External links
Caatinga (; ) is a type of semi-arid tropical vegetation, and an ecoregion characterized by this vegetation in interior northeastern Brazil. The name "Caatinga" comes from the Tupi word ''ka'atinga'', meaning 'white forest' (''ka'a'' = 'forest, vegetation'; tinga = 'white'). The Caatinga is a xeric shrubland and thorn forest, which consists primarily of small, thorny trees that shed their leaves seasonally. Cacti, thick-stemmed plants, thorny brush, and arid-adapted grasses make up the ground layer. Most vegetation experiences a brief burst of activity during the three-month-long rainy season.
Caatinga falls entirely within earth's tropical zone and is one of six major biomes of Brazil. It covers 912,529 km², nearly 10% of Brazil's territory. It is home to 26 million people and over 2000 species of plants, fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Caatinga” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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On the map
3 mapped locations