What Biome Is North Brazil?

The North Brazil Shelf encompasses three principal biomes: the Amazon and Guiana continental shelf, with an area of 1.1×106 km2 (Ekau and Knoppers, 2003); mangrove forests, covering 8900 km2 (Kjerfve and Lacerda, 1993); and rainforest, with over 4.2×106 km2 (Bernardes et al., 2012), formed by the drainage basins of the What type of biome is …

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