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The Llanos de Moxos is a vast tropical savanna and wetland complex covering roughly 126,000 square kilometers in the Beni region of Bolivia. The landscape is defined by its extreme seasonal flooding, which creates a unique ecosystem of palm forests, marshes, and rivers. It serves as a critical habit...
The Everglades is a unique wetland ecosystem located in southern Florida. It’s notable for its expansive flooded grasslands, forming a significant savanna ecoregion. This area, stretching from Lake Okeechobee to Florida Bay, supports diverse plant and animal life including wading birds, reptiles, an...
The Llanos de Moxos (Moxos Plains) are a vast seasonally flooded savanna in the Beni lowlands of northern Bolivia, in the southwestern Amazon basin. During the rainy season, rivers overflow and inundate extensive areas, creating seasonal wetlands and shallow lakes. The region preserves one of the de...
Located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas, Anavilhanas National Park protects an extensive fluvial archipelago comprising over 400 islands along the Rio Negro. Created as a national park in 2008, the area is characterized by its seasonally flooded blackwater forests, known locally as igapó. This dy...
The Orinoco wetlands ecoregion is a large area of flooded grasslands and savanna in the Orinoco Delta of northeastern Venezuela. It covers thousands of square kilometers and is bordered by mangroves, swamp forest, and river channels. The seasonal floods create habitat for aquatic birds, fish, and ot...
Pampas del Heath is a seasonally flooded savanna on the Peru-Bolivia border, protected partly within Peru's Bahuaja-Sonene National Park since 1996.
Amacayacu National Park is a protected area established in 1975 within the Amazonas Department of southern Colombia. Situated near the confluence of the Amazon and Amacayacu rivers, the park encompasses seasonally flooded tropical rainforest characteristic of the Amazon basin. It serves to preserve...
The Rann of Kutch seasonal salt marsh is a vast geographic region spanning the border between Gujarat in India and Sindh in Pakistan. Covering an area of approximately 26,000 square kilometers, it is one of the largest salt deserts in the world. During the monsoon season, the flat terrain is submerg...
The Etosha Pan halophytics ecoregion lies within and around Etosha National Park in northern Namibia, centered on the Etosha Pan, a vast ephemeral salt lakebed covering roughly 4,800 square kilometres. Seasonal rains can produce a shallow flooding that draws enormous concentrations of flamingos and...
The Arauca Savannas extend across eastern Colombia and western Venezuela, where the Arauca River crosses seasonally flooded grasslands of the Llanos.
The Zambezian flooded grasslands are an ecoregion characterized by seasonally inundated floodplains located across southern and eastern Africa. This environment is sustained by seasonal rainfall patterns that cause major river systems, such as the Okavango, to overflow into vast, nutrient-rich wetla...
The Inner Niger Delta flooded savanna is a sprawling inland wetland ecoregion located in central Mali. It is formed by the seasonal flooding of the Niger and Bani rivers, transforming a semi-arid Sahel landscape into an extensive network of lakes, channels, and floodplains. This dynamic ecosystem se...
The Paraná flooded savanna is a riverine ecoregion associated with the floodplains of the Paraná and Paraguay rivers in Argentina and Paraguay. It extends southward through a landscape of seasonally inundated grasslands, marshes, gallery forests, and river islands toward the Río de la Plata. Its hab...
The Paraná flooded savanna is a terrestrial ecoregion spanning portions of Argentina and Paraguay, characterized by its extensive wetlands and seasonally inundated grasslands. This ecosystem follows the middle and lower reaches of the Paraná River, creating a complex network of marshes, lagoons, and...
The Cuban wetlands are a flooded grasslands and savannas ecoregion found across low-lying parts of Cuba. They include extensive marshes, seasonally inundated grasslands, and swamp habitats, with the Zapata Swamp forming the largest and most biologically prominent area. The ecoregion supports localiz...
The Guayaquil flooded grasslands are an Ecuadorian ecoregion in the Guayas River delta, covering about 2,850 km2 near the Gulf of Guayaquil.
The Nile Delta flooded savanna is an ecological region located in the northern part of Egypt where the Nile River meets the Mediterranean Sea. Historically, this area was characterized by vast wetlands, swamps, and seasonal flooding that created a rich, biodiverse habitat for migratory birds and aqu...
The Lake Chad flooded savanna is a Central African wetland ecoregion in Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria, fed mainly by the Chari-Logone rivers.
The Zambezian coastal flooded savanna is a Mozambique ecoregion in the Zambezi, Pungwe, Buzi, and Save deltas, covering about 19,346 km2.
This 1962 science fiction novel by J. G. Ballard is notable for its visionary depiction of a submerged London transformed by extreme solar radiation and rising global temperatures.
Southern Cone Mesopotamian savanna is a flooded grassland ecoregion of Argentina and southern Paraguay, noted as an endemic bird area.
Central Mexican wetlands are high-elevation marshes in Mexico, including Texcoco, Lerma, Patzcuaro, and Cuitzeo, with endemic axolotl habitat.
Enriquillo wetlands are Hispaniola's lowland lake wetlands, centered on Lake Enriquillo about 44 m below sea level in the Dominican Republic.
Llanos de Mojos is a seasonally flooded savanna in Bolivia's Beni department, notable for extensive pre-Columbian earthworks including raised agricultural fields.
Zambezian halophytics are Afrotropical saline flooded grasslands in Botswana and Mozambique, covering 30,400 km2 in Makgadikgadi and Changane.
East African halophytics are flooded saline habitats around Tanzania's Lakes Natron and Bahi, notable as a soda-lake breeding area for flamingos.
