Bahia interior forests
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The Bahia interior forests is an ecoregion
of eastern Brazil
. It is part of the larger Atlantic forests complex, and lies between the coastal Atlantic moist forests
and the dry shrublands and savannas of Brazil's interior.
, Espirito Santo
, Minas Gerais
, Rio de Janeiro, and Sergipe
states. The Bahia interior forests lie inland from the Bahia coastal forests
, which extend approximately 150 km (93.2 mi) inland from the coast. The Bahia interior forests extend north to the São Francisco River
, where they lie much closer to the coast, and are bounded on the west by the dry Caatinga
shrublands. Moving south, the forests extend further inland to the Rio Paraíba do Sul, Rio Preto, and Rio Grande, which form the boundary with the Paraná-Paraíba interior forests
to the southwest.
Ecoregion
An ecoregion , sometimes called a bioregion, is an ecologically and geographically defined area that is smaller than an ecozone and larger than an ecosystem. Ecoregions cover relatively large areas of land or water, and contain characteristic, geographically distinct assemblages of natural...
of eastern Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
. It is part of the larger Atlantic forests complex, and lies between the coastal Atlantic moist forests
Atlantic moist forests
The Atlantic moist forests, also known as the Atlantic coastal forests, are tropical moist evergreen forests, part of the Atlantic Forests complex of eastern Brazil. The Atlantic moist forests mostly lie within 80 km of the Atlantic coast. Restingas, coastal forests which grow on stabilized...
and the dry shrublands and savannas of Brazil's interior.
Setting
The Bahia interior forests cover an area of 230000 square kilometres (88,803.5 sq mi), extending across portions of BahiaBahia
Bahia is one of the 26 states of Brazil, and is located in the northeastern part of the country on the Atlantic coast. It is the fourth most populous Brazilian state after São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, and the fifth-largest in size...
, Espirito Santo
Espírito Santo
Espírito Santo is one of the states of southeastern Brazil, often referred to by the abbreviation "ES". Its capital is Vitória and the largest city is Vila Velha. The name of the state means literally "holy spirit" after the Holy Ghost of Christianity...
, Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil, of which it is the second most populous, the third richest, and the fourth largest in area. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of Presidents of Brazil, the current one, Dilma Rousseff, being one of them. The capital is the...
, Rio de Janeiro, and Sergipe
Sergipe
Sergipe , is the smallest state of the Brazilian Federation, located on the northeastern Atlantic coast of the country. It borders on two other states, Bahia to the south and west and Alagoas to the north, and to the east is the Atlantic Ocean...
states. The Bahia interior forests lie inland from the Bahia coastal forests
Bahia coastal forests
The Bahia coastal forests are a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion of eastern Brazil, part of the larger Atlantic Forest region.-Setting:...
, which extend approximately 150 km (93.2 mi) inland from the coast. The Bahia interior forests extend north to the São Francisco River
São Francisco River
The São Francisco is a river in Brazil. With a length of , it is the longest river that runs entirely in Brazilian territory, and the fourth longest in South America and overall in Brazil...
, where they lie much closer to the coast, and are bounded on the west by the dry Caatinga
Caatinga
Caatinga is a type of vegetation, and an ecoregion characterized by this vegetation in the northeastern part of Brazil. The name "Caatinga" is a Tupi word meaning "white forest" or "white vegetation"...
shrublands. Moving south, the forests extend further inland to the Rio Paraíba do Sul, Rio Preto, and Rio Grande, which form the boundary with the Paraná-Paraíba interior forests
Paraná-Paraíba interior forests
The Alto Paraná Atlantic forests, also known as the Paraná-Paraíba interior forests, is a tropical moist forest ecoregion of southern Brazil, northeastern Argentina, and eastern Paraguay.-Setting:...
to the southwest.