quebrachales

forest

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feature of Gran Chaco

  • Salt marshes in the Gran Chaco region of Paraguay.
    In Gran Chaco: Plant life

    The climax vegetation is called quebrachales, and consists of vast, low hardwood forests where various species of quebracho tree are dominant and economically important as sources of tannin and lumber. These forests cover extensive areas away from the rivers; nearer the rivers they occupy the higher, better-drained sites, giving rise…

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