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Page 87
... forests . These parklike forests , some- times very dense but interspersed with savanna , occupy vast expanses from the border of the Amazonian rain forest to the marshes of the Upper Paraguay River . The typical landscape is a ...
... forests . These parklike forests , some- times very dense but interspersed with savanna , occupy vast expanses from the border of the Amazonian rain forest to the marshes of the Upper Paraguay River . The typical landscape is a ...
Page 88
... forest Tropical and subtropical mixed ( deciduous - evergreen ) forest Savanna ( partly dispersed woodland ) Caatinga ( thorn forest and shrubs ) Dry forest and open woodland Paranį pine forest Grassland ( Pampas ) Desert Xerophytic ...
... forest Tropical and subtropical mixed ( deciduous - evergreen ) forest Savanna ( partly dispersed woodland ) Caatinga ( thorn forest and shrubs ) Dry forest and open woodland Paranį pine forest Grassland ( Pampas ) Desert Xerophytic ...
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... forest - steppe , in conditions of adequate warmth and a negative or near neutral balance of mois- ture . This ... forest- tundra , forest , forest - steppe , steppe , semidesert , and desert . The latitudinal belts . The Arctic wastes ...
... forest - steppe , in conditions of adequate warmth and a negative or near neutral balance of mois- ture . This ... forest- tundra , forest , forest - steppe , steppe , semidesert , and desert . The latitudinal belts . The Arctic wastes ...
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