page_title: Paramaribo swamp forests
section_title: Location
hierarchical_section_title: Paramaribo swamp forests / Geography / Location
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Positionskarte von Suriname Quadratische Plattkarte. Geographische Begrenzung der Karte: N: 6.4° N S: 1.3° N W: 58.6° W O: 53.6° W English: Location map of Suriname Equirectangular projection. Geographic limits of the map: N: 6.4° N S: 1.3° N W: 58.6° W E: 53.6° W
context_page_description: The Paramaribo swamp forests is an ecoregion in the coastal plain of Suriname covering a strip of land that is almost always flooded by fresh waters. It transitions into saline mangrove swamps towards the coast, and into submontane forests towards the interior.
context_section_description: The Paramaribo swamp forests ecoregion is a long, narrow strip of land between the coastal mangroves and the foothills of the coastal mountains in the north of Suriname.
  Flora include seasonally flooded forests and permanently flooded swamp forests.
  It has an area of 777,000 hectares (1,920,000 acres).
  Most of the population of Suriname lives near the ecoregion, and Paramaribo, the capital of the country, is in the ecoregion.
caption: Location in Suriname
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