Southwest Amazon moist forests
The Southwest Amazon moist forests (NT0166) is an ecoregion located in the Upper Amazon basin.
| Southwest Amazon moist forests (NT0166) | |
|---|---|
One of the rare species of the ecoregion, the bald uakari (Cacajao calvus) is restricted to várzea forests and other wooded habitats near water in the western Amazon rainforest of Brazil and Peru. | |
Location in South America | |
| Ecology | |
| Realm | Neotropical |
| Biome | Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests |
| Geography | |
| Area | 749,800 km2 (289,500 sq mi) |
| Countries | Peru, Brazil, Bolivia |
| Coordinates | 10.173527°S 71.515218°W |
| Climate type | Am: equatorial, monsoonal |
The forest is characterized by a relatively flat landscape with alluvial plains dissected by undulating hills or high terraces. The biota of the southwest Amazon moist forest is very rich because of these dramatic edaphic and topographical variations at both the local and regional levels. This ecoregion has the highest number of both mammals and birds recorded for the Amazonian biogeographic realm: 257 with 11 endemic species for mammals and 782 and 17 endemics for birds. The inaccessibility of this region, along with few roads, has kept most of the habitat intact. Also, there are a number of protected areas, which preserve this extremely biologically rich ecoregion.