Dry Chaco

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Dry Chaco is a vast, semi-arid ecoregion in South America characterized by thorny forests, scrublands, and seasonal rivers, spanning parts of Argentina, Paraguay, and Bolivia.

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Dry Chaco canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biogeographic region
ecoregion
biogeographicRealm Neotropical realm
biome tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
border Cerrado
Humid Chaco
linked to: Gran Chaco

Monte Desert
Pampas
Pantanal
Yungas
climate semi-arid
climateCharacteristic high temperatures
low annual rainfall
marked dry season
conservationStatus vulnerable ecoregion
continent South America
country Argentina
Bolivia
Paraguay
ecoregionCode NT0210
fauna Chacoan peccary
anteaters
armadillos
giant armadillo
greater rhea
howler monkeys
maned wolf
numerous reptile species
puma
various tinamou species
flora Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco
Bulnesia sarmientoi
Prosopis species
Schinopsis lorentzii
linked to: Schinopsis balansae

bromeliads
cacti
humanPopulationDensity low
hydrology seasonal rivers
landUse extensive cattle ranching
soybean cultivation
subsistence agriculture
majorThreat agricultural expansion
cattle ranching
deforestation
overgrazing
wildfire
partOf Gran Chaco
recognizedBy World Wildlife Fund
soilType clay soils
saline soils
sandy soils
vegetationType scrubland
thorn forest

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