The Caatinga is a xeric shrubland and thorn forest, which consists primarily of small, thorny trees that shed their leaves seasonally. Cacti, thick-stemmed plants, thorny brush, and arid-adapted grasses …

What is Caatinga? Caatinga is a natural region that lies in the hinterland of northeastern Brazil (Fig. 1). The term caatinga means “white forest” in Tupi, the language used by the Amerindians that lived in …

In general, Caatinga is located on crystalline or sedimentary depressions, whose continuity is broken by isolated plateaus. Caatinga vegetation is so heterogeneous and diverse that there is not one single …

The name Caatinga comes from Tupi-Guarani and means white forest, a reference to the color of the trunks of the plants that lose their foliage in the driest periods.

The Caatinga is the only biome unique to Brazil, recognized for its high level of endemism and exceptional adaptations of flora and fauna. Its semi-arid climate imposes extreme environmental …

May 2, 2025 · The Caatinga of Brazil is the largest dry forest region in South America and one of the richest in the world, providing habitat for an array of species.

Aug 28, 2025 · The Caatinga now suffers from desertification, which has been intensifying and accelerating due to the climate crisis, leading to a 40-percent decrease in surface water.

Caatinga denotes the spiny, stunted, predominantly xerophytic vegetation of the most arid zones of northeastern Brazil's Sertão, a region extending from the interior of Minas Gerais and Bahia to the …

The Caatinga covers the interior portion of northeastern Brazil bordering the Atlantic seaboard (save for a fringe of Atlantic Forest), extending across nine states: Piauí, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, …

Caatinga (white forest) refers to the generally stunted, somewhat sparse, and often thorny vegetation of the dry interior of northeastern Brazil. Trees, leafless for long periods and able to resist drought, also …