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Rio Preto National Forest

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

85% trees around it and 382 species recorded.

83Forestyas Score

ForestDense canopy

  • trees within 3 km85%
  • wild within 10 km94%
  • species recorded382

The forest around

85% trees.

Read like the rings of a cut trunk: from the centre out, the land within 1, 3, 6 and 10 km, coloured by what covers it.

Trees 90%Grassland 10%Trees 85%Grassland 14%Wetland 1%Cropland 0%Trees 70%Shrubland 0%Grassland 22%Wetland 4%Cropland 4%Trees 58%Grassland 31%Wetland 3%Cropland 7%85%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km90%
  • 1–3 km85%
  • 3–6 km70%
  • 6–10 km58%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees85%
  • Grassland14%
  • Wetland1%
  • Cropland0%

ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m, from Sentinel satellites), sampled every 120 m. A clearing, a road or a lake counts as what it is.

Who lives here

382 species recorded.

The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.

Stromanthe porteana
Stromanthe porteanaStromanthe porteana21 recordsHoward, W.; Lowe, E. J. · Public domain
Ctenanthe glabra
Ctenanthe glabraCtenanthe glabra14 recordsC T Johansson · CC BY-SA 3.0
Dichorisandra penduliflora
Dichorisandra pendulifloraDichorisandra penduliflora14 recordsKrzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz · CC BY-SA 4.0
Swartzia apetala
Swartzia apetalaSwartzia apetala14 recordsAlex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil · CC BY 2.0
Stromanthe thalia
Stromanthe thaliaStromanthe thalia12 recordsPhoto by David J. Stang · CC BY-SA 4.0
Miconia crenata
Miconia crenataMiconia crenata12 recordsDamien Wallace · CC BY 4.0
Parakeetflower
ParakeetflowerHeliconia psittacorum webus11 recordsAris riyanto · CC BY-SA 4.0
Andira fraxinifolia
Andira fraxinifoliaAndira fraxinifolia11 recordsAlex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil · CC BY 2.0
Psychotria carthagenensis
Psychotria carthagenensisPsychotria carthagenensis10 recordsEmőke Dénes · CC BY-SA 4.0
Higuillo de hoja menuda
Higuillo de hoja menudaPiper aduncum10 recordsJoão Medeiros · CC BY 2.0
Punchberry
PunchberryMyrcia splendens10 recordsVojtěch Zavadil · CC BY-SA 4.0
Thyrsodium spruceanum
Thyrsodium spruceanumThyrsodium spruceanum8 recordsAlex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil · CC BY 2.0

Open records within 5 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

83out of 100

Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).

  • 85%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 94%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 382Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km

When to walk

Best for walking from June to August.

How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.

  1. Jan30°22°115 mm
  2. Feb31°22°93 mm
  3. Mar31°22°125 mm
  4. Apr30°21°104 mm
  5. May28°19°74 mm
  6. Jun27°18°63 mm
  7. Jul26°17°62 mm
  8. Aug27°17°58 mm
  9. Sep29°18°50 mm
  10. Oct30°20°104 mm
  11. Nov30°21°191 mm
  12. Dec30°22°157 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Rio Preto National Forest.

Rio Preto National Forest is a forest in Brazil.

Seen from space, 85% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 94% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

382 species have been recorded around it: 357 plants, 0 fungi, 24 birds and 1 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Stromanthe porteana, Ctenanthe glabra and Dichorisandra penduliflora.

The best time to walk is from June to August.

Rio Preto National Forest seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

Get there and walk

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

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From above

The forest and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the trails, notable trees, picnic sites and huts that OpenStreetMap shows.

Rio Preto National Forest seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 1places to stay within 10 km
  • marked trails within 5 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • picnic sites within 4 km
  • shelters and huts within 6 km
  • viewpoints within 5 km
  • visitor centres within 6 km
  • car parks within 3 km
  • campsites within 10 km
  • restaurants and cafés within 3 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q10282896) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species2,043 open records within 5 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only)
See these recordsgbif.org
Names and photosWikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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