Pyrenees conifer and mixed forests

The Pyrenees conifer and mixed forests are a type of forest area in southwestern Europe. This region is found along the Pyrenees mountains, which stretch east to west along the border between France and Spain. It includes the country of Andorra.

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Ecology of the Himalayas

The ecology of the Himalayas changes based on climate, rainfall, altitude, and soil types. The climate changes from tropical near the bottom of the mountains to permanent ice and snow at the highest points. Yearly rainfall increases from west to east on the southern side of the range.

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Albertine Rift

9°S 34°E The Albertine Rift is the western part of the East African Rift. It includes areas of Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania. It stretches from the northern end of Lake Albert to the southern end of Lake Tanganyika.

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Ethiopian Highlands

The Ethiopian Highlands, also known as the Abyssinian Highlands, is a rough and uneven area of mountains that stretches from Ethiopia to Eritrea in Northeast Africa. This region covers the largest continuous area of such high elevation in the continent, with most of its surface above 1,500 meters (4,900 feet). The highest points reach up to 4,550 meters (14,930 feet).

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Horn of Africa

The Horn of Africa (HOA), also called the Somali Peninsula, is a large land area and political region in the easternmost part of Africa. It is the fourth largest peninsula in the world and includes Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and the partially recognized state of Somaliland. Some definitions also include parts of Kenya and Sudan.

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East Sudanian savanna

The East Sudanian savanna is a hot area in Central and East Africa. It is a tropical savanna that gets dry during certain times of the year.

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West African forest zone

In West Africa, the forest zone is the southern part of the region that was once covered by tropical rainforest. This area is sometimes called Guinea to help distinguish it from the grassland-covered Sudan, the drier Sahel, and the very dry Sahara. This area includes vegetation mainly made of trees and has the following types of plant communities: -mangrove swamp forest (salt and fresh water swamp) -tropical rain forest.

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Sahara Desert (ecoregion)

The Sahara Desert, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), includes the extremely dry center of the Sahara between latitudes 18° N and 30° N. This area is one of several desert and dry shrubland regions that cover the northern part of the African continent.

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Amazon Web Services

Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) is a company owned by Amazon that offers cloud computing services and application programming interfaces (APIs) to individuals, businesses, and governments. These services are available on a pay-as-you-go basis, meaning users only pay for the resources they use.

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Atlantic Forest

The Atlantic Forest, also called Mata Atlântica in Portuguese, is a wet forest with many leafy trees. It runs along the Atlantic coast of Brazil, from the northeast state of Rio Grande do Norte to the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. It also reaches inland to Paraguay and the Misiones Province of Argentina, where it is known as the Missionary rainforest in Spanish, called Selva Misionera.

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