Cerrado
tropical savanna ecoregion of Brazil
The Cerrado (Portuguese pronunciation: [seˈʁadu], [sɛˈʁadu]) is a large ecoregion of tropical savanna in eastern Brazil. Most of it is in the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Tocantins, Minas Gerais, and the Federal District. The main areas of the Cerrado biome are the Brazilian highlands (the Planalto). The main habitat types of the Cerrado are made of of forest savanna, wooded savanna, park savanna and gramineous-woody savanna. The Cerrado also has savanna wetlands and gallery forests. It is the second largest of Brazil's major habitat types, after the Amazonian rainforest. The Cerrado takes up 21 percent of the country's land area. Small parts of the Cerrado are in Paraguay and Bolivia.
| Cerrado | |
|---|---|
 Vegetation in Pirineus State Park, Goiás | |
 Map of the Cerrado ecoregion made by the World Wide Fund for Nature. | |
| Ecology | |
| Realm | Neotropical |
| Biome | tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands |
| Borders | List
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| Geography | |
| Area | 1,910,037 km2 (737,469 sq mi) |
| Countries | Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay |
| Conservation | |
| Conservation status | Vulnerable |
| Global 200 | Cerrado woodlands and savannas |
| Protected | 433,581 km² (23%)[1] |
References
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Further reading
- "Cerrado biodiversity hotspot". BiodiversityHotspots.org. Conservation International. Archived from the original on 2007-03-05.
- "The Chapada dos Veadeiros, Cerrado de Altitude". guiadachapada.com.br. Archived from the original on 2009-01-30.
- "Bioma Cerrado". www.agencia.cnptia.embrapa.br. EMBRAPA (in Portuguese). Brazilian Government. Archived from the original on 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
Other websites
- "The Cerrado". Nature Conservancy in Brazil. Archived from the original on 2010-07-03.
- "The Biodiversity of the Brazilian Cerrado". Archived from the original on 2007-11-11.
- "Cerrado". Brazilian Government. Archived from the original on 2005-12-24.
- "Cerrado". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
- Caton, Peter (1 June 2011). Guardians of the Cerrado. petercaton.co.uk (photo story). Aoki, Chris (contrib.); do Vale, João (music). Archived from the original on 2011-09-02 – via foto8.com.
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