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Adjective- Capable of withstanding or thriving in the presence of much rain.

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  • The western delineation follows the IBGE classification of "dense lowland ombrophilous Amazonian forest".
  • The Bahia coastal forests were mapped following the "Atlantic forest: dense ombrophilous forest" classification of IBGE.
  • Vegetation is tropical ombrophilous lowland forest, with moderate regional variability, including marsh forest along rivers.
  • Transitional and fringe habitat will host components of the surrounding matrix, including mangrove, tropical ombrophilous swamp, and lowland forest.
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