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The Várzea forests are located along the Amazon River. Due to their location, high annual rainfall occurs and the white-water rivers can rise 10-15 meters higher than normal and create flooded habitats. There are 5 várzea ecoregions including the Iquitos várzea, Purus várzea, Monte Alegre várzea, Gurupa várzea, and Marajó várzea. These forests can be split into 2 categories of low várzea and high várzea. The low category is determined by an average water height of more than 3m more than 50 days a year, while the high is an average water height of less than 3m less than 50 days a year.  
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The vegetation of these forests can range in species and traits, and can be attributed to the type of water that floods them throughout the year. Igapó forests are different from várzea forests, as these get flooded instead by black-water rivers, resulting in different nutrients and effects carried into the ecosystem. <br><br>
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Introduction

The Várzea forests are located along the Amazon River. Due to their location, high annual rainfall occurs and the white-water rivers can rise 10-15 meters higher than normal and create flooded habitats. There are 5 várzea ecoregions including the Iquitos várzea, Purus várzea, Monte Alegre várzea, Gurupa várzea, and Marajó várzea. These forests can be split into 2 categories of low várzea and high várzea. The low category is determined by an average water height of more than 3m more than 50 days a year, while the high is an average water height of less than 3m less than 50 days a year.

The vegetation of these forests can range in species and traits, and can be attributed to the type of water that floods them throughout the year. Igapó forests are different from várzea forests, as these get flooded instead by black-water rivers, resulting in different nutrients and effects carried into the ecosystem.

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Electron micrograph of the Ebola Zaire virus. This was the first photo ever taken of the virus, on 10/13/1976. By Dr. F.A. Murphy, now at U.C. Davis, then at the CDC.[1].


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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hodgkin, J. and Partridge, F.A. "Caenorhabditis elegans meets microsporidia: the nematode killers from Paris." 2008. PLoS Biology 6:2634-2637.
  2. ↑ Bartlett et al.: Oncolytic viruses as therapeutic cancer vaccines. Molecular Cancer 2013 12:103.
  3. ↑ Lee G, Low RI, Amsterdam EA, Demaria AN, Huber PW, Mason DT. Hemodynamic effects of morphine and nalbuphine in acute myocardial infarction. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 1981 May;29(5):576-81.
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