Fluidr / yhila's "Trips to Perú 1998-99" set

Mangrove forest in Tumbes near Ecuador border

N 9 B 708 C 0 E Oct 23, 1998 F Jan 24, 2020

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Mangroves in Tumbes are different from the ordinary specie and grow as high as 10m.
Tumbes is the northern most town on Peru's Pacific coast bordering on Ecuador.

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Tropical dry forest in Tumbes

N 8 B 592 C 1 E Oct 24, 1998 F Jan 24, 2020

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Tumbes is located in a transitional zone of climate. Tumbes has slightly more precipitation than the rest of the Peruvian coastal areas that are characterised by desert climate.

The vegetation in the photo is called "tropical dry forest" that has an unusual appearance of trees with lichen.

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Tree with lichen in the tropical dry forest of Tumbes, Perú

N 10 B 1.4K C 0 E Oct 24, 1998 F May 29, 2018

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Deep roots of Algarrobo

N 7 B 358 C 0 E Oct 24, 1998 F Jan 24, 2020

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Algarrobo (Prosopis) is a symbolic plant in the tropical dry forest. It survives in arid climate with very deep roots as revealed by road construction works.

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Nesting site of pelicans in Mangrove forest

N 11 B 592 C 0 E Oct 24, 1998 F Jan 24, 2020

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This photo was taken in Santuario Nacional los Manglares de Tumbes.

Tags: fauna forest Tumbes Peru