pantanal

noun

1. A marsh (a broad, flat area with pools of water and trees) in the Pantanal region of South America.

   “To the west the savannahs extend as far as the affluents of the Paraguay and Madeira. Here, as on the coast, we come again to primeval forests, the 'pantanals,' of a tropical luxuriance, which, like the forests of Hylæa, owe their peculiarities to running water. To the south of these the plains of Gran-Chaco, and the woody highland of Paraguay, alternating with open grass[…]”

   “Lepidosiren lives in the vast swamps (chacos and pantanals) of Rio Paraguay and Rio Amazonas.”

   “The land is largely composed of the pantanals, the flat, wide-stretching marshes through which the Paraguay and its affluents wind. Where the land is low it is covered with papyrus and water-grass; if a few feet higher , with open palm forest.”

   “Besides this, tourists are fascinated by the magic, enchantment and legends of the forests and pantanals and the natives are best indicated to narrate these stories in the authentic tone, suspense and mystery of the region.”

   “Diet seasonality and food overlap of the fish assemblage in a pantanal pond / Gisele Caroline Novakowski, Norma Segatti Hahn & Rosemara Fugi.”

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1. A tropical wetlands region of central South America.

   “Usually flooded for much of the year, the Pantanal in recent years has been parched by a string of severe droughts that scientists have linked to deforestation and climate change.”