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2 unusual facts about Várzea


Várzea

Várzea forest, a type of seasonally flooded forest/woodland growing along rivers in the Amazon.

Estádio da Várzea, a stadium in the city of Praia on the island of Santiago


Francisco Brennand

Francisco Brennand, a contemporary sculpture artist in Brazil, displays around 2,000 pieces in enormous open halls, between monuments, gardens, and in the midst of an Atlantic forest reserve in the Varzea borough of Recife.

Várzea Alegre

Pioneer explorers of the region saw the valley on the dangerous walk towards Cariri and named it Várzea Alegre after the floodplain or lowland where the city is located.

White-barred Piculet

The taxonomy is difficult, as it hybridizes widely with numerous other piculets such as the Varzea, Ochre-collared and White-wedged Piculet.


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