Most forests in eastern and southern Amazonia (half of the 2 million square miles of closed canopy forest in Brazilian Amazonia) are subject to severe dry seasons each year, but grow on deep clay soils that store water which trees can tap during dry seasons to avoid drought-induced leaf shedding.
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