cerrado
Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-001190
A type of plains community characterized by a mosaic of vegetation ranging from tropical broadleaf woodlands to scrublands to savannas, with a pronounced dry season. The second largest of Brazil's major biomes (after Amazonia), it spreads across the central plateau and comprises 21% of Brazil's land area.
| Identifier | MLC-T-AGR-001190 |
|---|---|
| Field | Agriculture and food |
| Subject | Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment |
| References | NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary |
| See also | vegetation types; tropical pastures; cerrado soils; Brazil; tropical grasslands; savannas |
| Translations | Spanish: cerrado |
Record as JSON
{
"id": "MLC-T-AGR-001190",
"term": "cerrado",
"field": "Agriculture and food",
"definition": "A type of plains community characterized by a mosaic of vegetation ranging from tropical broadleaf woodlands to scrublands to savannas, with a pronounced dry season. The second largest of Brazil's major biomes (after Amazonia), it spreads across the central plateau and comprises 21% of Brazil's land area.",
"subject": "Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment",
"see_also": [
"vegetation types",
"tropical pastures",
"cerrado soils",
"Brazil",
"tropical grasslands",
"savannas"
],
"references": [
"NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
],
"translations": {
"es": "cerrado"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/cerrado/"
}
Record 1,190 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.