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Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena

Index Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena

Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena is a biodiversity hotspot, which includes the tropical moist forests and tropical dry forests of the Pacific coast of South America and the Galapagos Islands. [1]

23 relations: Andes, Biodiversity hotspot, Chocó-Darién moist forests, Colombia, Deforestation, Ecoregion, Ecuador, Ecuadorian dry forests, Galápagos Islands, Guayaquil flooded grasslands, Gulf of Guayaquil-Tumbes mangroves, Magdalena River Valley, Magdalena Valley montane forests, Magdalena-Urabá moist forests, Manabí mangroves, Pacific Ocean, Panama, Peru, South America, Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, Tumbes-Piura dry forests, Western Ecuador moist forests.

Andes

The Andes or Andean Mountains (Cordillera de los Andes) are the longest continental mountain range in the world.

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Biodiversity hotspot

A biodiversity hotspot is a biogeographic region with significant levels of biodiversity that is threatened with destruction.

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Chocó-Darién moist forests

The Chocó-Darién moist forests (NT0115) is an ecoregion in the west of Colombia and east of Panama.

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Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a sovereign state largely situated in the northwest of South America, with territories in Central America.

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Deforestation

Deforestation, clearance, or clearing is the removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is thereafter converted to a non-forest use.

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Ecoregion

An ecoregion (ecological region) is an ecologically and geographically defined area that is smaller than a bioregion, which in turn is smaller than an ecozone.

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Ecuador

Ecuador (Ikwadur), officially the Republic of Ecuador (República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Ikwadur Ripuwlika), is a representative democratic republic in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west.

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Ecuadorian dry forests

The Ecuadorian dry forests (NT0214) is an ecoregion near the Pacific coast of the Ecuador.

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Galápagos Islands

The Galápagos Islands (official name: Archipiélago de Colón, other Spanish name: Las Islas Galápagos), part of the Republic of Ecuador, are an archipelago of volcanic islands distributed on either side of the equator in the Pacific Ocean surrounding the centre of the Western Hemisphere, west of continental Ecuador.

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Guayaquil flooded grasslands

The Guayaquil flooded grasslands (NT0905) is an ecoregion near the Pacific coast of the Ecuador.

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Gulf of Guayaquil-Tumbes mangroves

The Gulf of Guayaquil-Tumbes mangroves (NT1413) are an ecoregion located in the Gulf of Guayaquil in South America, in northern Peru and southern Ecuador.

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Magdalena River Valley

The Magdalena River Valley (Valle del Río Magdalena) is a valley in Colombia located within the Colombian Andes.

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Magdalena Valley montane forests

The Magdalena Valley montane forests (NT0136) is an ecoregion in the Andes mountains of central Colombia.

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Magdalena-Urabá moist forests

The Magdalena-Urabá moist forests (NT0137) is an ecoregion in the north of Colombia.

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Manabí mangroves

The Manabí mangroves (NT1418) is an ecoregion along the Pacific coast of Ecuador.

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Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's oceanic divisions.

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Panama

Panama (Panamá), officially the Republic of Panama (República de Panamá), is a country in Central America, bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south.

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Peru

Peru (Perú; Piruw Republika; Piruw Suyu), officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America.

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South America

South America is a continent in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests

The tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forest biome, also known as tropical dry forest, monsoon forest, vine thicket, vine scrub and dry rainforest is located at tropical and subtropical latitudes.

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Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests (TSMF), also known as tropical moist forests, are a tropical and subtropical forest biome, sometimes referred to as jungle.

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Tumbes-Piura dry forests

The Tumbes-Piura dry forests (NT0232) is an arid tropical ecoregion along the Pacific coasts of southern Ecuador and northern Peru.

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Western Ecuador moist forests

The Western Ecuador moist forests (NT0178) is an ecoregion in the plains and western foothills of the Andes of southern Colombia and Ecuador.

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Redirects here:

Chocó biogeographic, El Choco, El Chocó, Tumbes-Choco-Magdalena.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena

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