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Northern New Guinea lowland rain and freshwater swamp forests

Northern New Guinea lowland rain and freshwater swamp forests is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Northern New Guinea lowland rain and freshwater swamp forests rather than just read about it. In short: The Northern New Guinea lowland rain and freshwater swamp forests is a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion of northern New Guinea. Setting The Northern New Guinea lowland rain and freshwater swamp forests extend across the northern lowlands of the island of New Guinea, lying between the New Guinea Central Range to the south and the Pacific Ocean to the north.

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Reference excerpt

The Northern New Guinea lowland rain and freshwater swamp forests is a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion of northern New Guinea.

Setting The Northern New Guinea lowland rain and freshwater swamp forests extend across the northern lowlands of the island of New Guinea, lying between the New Guinea Central Range to the south and the Pacific Ocean to the north. It extends from the eastern shore of Cenderawasih Bay in Indonesia's Papua Province east to Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea. Several east-west mountain ranges, including the Van Rees Mountains, Foja Mountains, Torricelli Mountains, and Finisterre Mountains, rise from the lowlands; these ranges are home to the distinct Northern New Guinea montane rain forests ecoregion. The ecoregion is drained by several of New Guinea's large rivers, including the Mamberamo, Sepik, and Ramu, and Markham.

Flora The plant communities of the ecoregion are diverse. Lowland evergreen rain forest is the most extensive, and includes alluvial forests in the plains, and hill forests in the foothills of the adjacent mountains. There are extensive freshwater swamp forests in the coastal lowlands and in the Lakes Plains region between the Van Rees-Foja mountains and the Central Range. The swamp forest habitats are diverse, and include grass swamps, swamp savannas, and swamp woodlands and forests dominated by Melaleuca, sago palm (Metroxylon sagu), Pandanus, Campnosperma, and/or Terminalia.

Fauna The ecoregion corresponds to the Northern Papuan lowlands Endemic Bird Area. Limited-range and endemic species include the red-breasted paradise kingfisher (Tanysiptera nympha), brown lory (Chalcopsitta duivenbodei), Edwards's fig parrot (Psittaculirostris edwardsii), Salvadori's fig parrot (Psittaculirostris salvadorii), Brass's friarbird (Philemon brassi), white-bellied whistler (Pachycephala leucogastra), brown-headed crow (Corvus fuscicapillus), pale-billed sicklebill (Drepanornis bruijnii), and banded yellow robin (Gennaeodryas placens).

Conservation and threats A 2017 assessment found that 15,323 km2, or 11%, of the ecoregion is in protected areas. The largest is Mamberamo Foja Wildlife Reserve, which extends along the Mamberamo River and its tributaries the Tariku and Taritatu from the foothills of the Central Range to the sea, including the Foja Mountains.

References

External links Media related to Northern New Guinea Lowland Rain and Freshwater Swamp Forests at Wikimedia Commons "Northern New Guinea lowland rain and freshwater swamp forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund. World Wildlife Fund, ed. (2001). "Northern New Guinea lowland rain and freshwater swamp forests". WildWorld Ecoregion Profile. National Geographic Society. Archived from the original on 2010-03-08. Northern Papuan lowlands endemic bird area (BirdLife International)

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Northern New Guinea lowland rain and freshwater swamp forests

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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Applications of Northern New Guinea lowland rain and freshwater swamp forests

In research: Northern New Guinea lowland rain and freshwater swamp forests appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Northern New Guinea lowland rain and freshwater swamp forests in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Northern New Guinea lowland rain and freshwater swamp forests is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Australasian ecoregions, Ecoregions of Indonesia, Ecoregions of New Guinea, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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