Varzea - Diversity , development , and conservation of Amazonia´s whitewater floodplains - Book review

Abstract

This book is an outcome of the first international conference held in Macapá, Brazil (December 1994), which was devoted entirely to floodplains of the Amazon River, called várzea. Due to annual inundation by whitewater rivers (up to 12 m for half of the year on average), alluvial soils are deposited that are highly fertile.