Southwest Amazon moist forests

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The Southwest Amazon moist forests are a highly biodiverse tropical rainforest ecoregion spanning parts of Peru, Brazil, and Bolivia, known for its rich wildlife, extensive river systems, and relatively intact primary forest.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ecoregion
terrestrial ecoregion
tropical rainforest ecoregion
biome Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
borderedBy Andes Mountains foothills
Madeira-Tapajós moist forests
Southwest Amazon dry forests
classifiedBy WWF
contains Acre state
Madre de Dios region
Pando department
linked to: Pando Department
drainedBy Juruá River
Madeira River
Purus River
Ucayali River
hasBiodiversityLevel high
hasClimate tropical humid climate
hasConservationStatus relatively intact
hasEcoregionCode NT0180
hasEcosystemService carbon storage
freshwater regulation
hasElevationRange lowland
hasFauna giant otter
harpy eagle
jaguar
macaws
tapir
hasFeature extensive river systems
relatively intact primary forest
hasFlora Brazil nut tree
cedar
mahogany
hasHumanActivity indigenous communities
hasPrimaryBiome rainforest
hasSeasonality marked wet season
weak seasonality in temperature
hasVegetationType evergreen broadleaf forest
flooded forest
riverine forest
terra firme forest
knownFor high endemism
high species richness
locatedIn Amazon Basin
Bolivia
Brazil
Peru
South America
partOf Neotropical realm
threatenedBy agricultural expansion
deforestation
illegal logging
road construction

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Peruvian Amazon ecoregion Southwest Amazon moist forests
Peruvian Amazon ecoregion Ucayali moist forests
linked to: Southwest Amazon moist forests
Madre de Dios Region hasEcoregion Southwest Amazon moist forests
Tapiche River ecoregion Amazon moist forests
linked to: Southwest Amazon moist forests
Villagarzón locatedInGeographicFeature Amazon rainforest region
linked to: Southwest Amazon moist forests