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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.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-001190
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectNatural Resources, Conservation, Environment
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsovegetation types; tropical pastures; cerrado soils; Brazil; tropical grasslands; savannas
TranslationsSpanish: 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/"
}

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