Mata Atlântica (Brazil)
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- Work cat.: 93831968: Dossiê Mata Atlântica, 1992, 1992:p. 11, map (in 1500 Mata Atlântic covered Atlantic coast of Brazil from Rio Gr. do Norte to Rio Gr. do Sul; in 1990 from southern Bahia to Sta. Catarina)
- Americana:v. 4, p. 456 ([Brazil] The forests are classified in four major types: selva, mata, araucaria, and caatinga. More significant for agriculture is the tropical, semideciduous mata of the eastern part of the country.)
- Collier's:v. 4, p. 487 (Mata or Semideciduous Forest. A tropical to subtropical semideciduous forest known as the mata covers the eastern parts of Brazilian Highlands, where rainfall is less than that required for the selva.)
- Merit Students encyc.:v. 3, p. 390 (Some wetter sections of the Brazilian Highlands are covered by subtropical forests, or mata.)
- Nôvo Michaelis dic. ilus. Português Inglês(3 (Braz.) geographical zone of the northeast.)
- Web. 3(matto also matta or mata ... dense tropical Am. forest)
- LC database, Oct. 21, 1994:(Mata Atlântica, SOS Mata Atlântica (Organization), Mata atlântica = Atlantic forest)
Wikipedia description:
The Atlantic Forest (Portuguese: Mata Atlântica) is a moist broadleaf forest that extends along the Atlantic coast of Brazil from Rio Grande do Norte state in the northeast to Rio Grande do Sul state in the south and inland as far as Paraguay and the Misiones Province of Argentina, where it is known as the Missionary rainforest (Spanish: Selva Misionera). The Atlantic Forest has ecoregions within the following biome categories: seasonal moist and dry broad-leaf tropical forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands, and mangrove forests. The Atlantic Forest is characterized by a high biodiversity and endemism. It was the first environment that the Portuguese colonists encountered over 500 years ago, when it was thought to have had an area of 1,000,000–1,500,000 km2 (390,000–580,000 mi2), and stretching an unknown distance inland, making it, back then, the second largest rainforest on the planet, only behind the Amazon rainforest. Over 85% of the original area has been deforested, threatening many plant and animal species with extinction.
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