Cerrado
Sign in to saveThe Cerrado () is a vast ecoregion of tropical savanna in central Brazil, being present in the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Tocantins, Maranhão, Piauí, Bahia, Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Paraná and the Federal District. The core areas of the Cerrado biome are the Brazilian Highlands – the Planalto. The main habitat types of the Cerrado consist of forest savanna, wooded savanna, park savanna and gramineous-woody savanna. The Cerrado also includes savanna wetlands and gallery forests.
Key facts
- Ecoregion.name
- Cerrado
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- Morro cabeludo - Parque dos Pireneus - Pirenópolis - Goiás 01.jpg
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- Vegetation in Pirineus State Park, Goiás
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- Map of the Cerrado ecoregion as delineated by the World Wide Fund for Nature.
- Ecoregion.ecozone
- Neotropical
- Ecoregion.biome
- tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
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- Alto Paraná Atlantic forests
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- Araucaria moist forests
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- Bahia interior forests
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- Atlantic dry forests
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- Caatinga
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- Chiquitano dry forests
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- Humid Chaco
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- Maranhão Babaçu forests
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- Mato Grosso tropical dry forests
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- Pantanal
- Ecoregion.area
- 1,910,037
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- History and human population
- Rivers
- Commercial activity
- Agriculture
- Charcoal production
- Conservation
- Ecological trends and challenges
- Protected areas
- Types of protected areas
- UNESCO World Heritage Sites
- Effectiveness of protected areas
- Privately owned land
- Indigenous land
- References
- Further reading
- External links
The Cerrado () is a vast ecoregion of tropical savanna in central Brazil, being present in the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Tocantins, Maranhão, Piauí, Bahia, Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Paraná and the Federal District. The core areas of the Cerrado biome are the Brazilian Highlands – the Planalto. The main habitat types of the Cerrado consist of forest savanna, wooded savanna, park savanna and gramineous-woody savanna. The Cerrado also includes savanna wetlands and gallery forests.
The second largest of Brazil's major habitat types, after the Amazonian rainforest, the Cerrado accounts for a full 21 percent of the country's land area (extending marginally into Paraguay and Bolivia). About 75% of the Cerrado’s 2 million km2 is privately owned.