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{{Short description|Forest growing on an alluvial zone}}
[[File:Morava's flooded forest 02.jpg|thumb|Flooded forest]]

'''Freshwater swamp forests''', or '''flooded forests''', are [[forest]]s which are inundated with [[freshwater]], either permanently or seasonally. They normally occur along the lower reaches of [[river]]s and around freshwater [[lake]]s. Freshwater [[swamp]] forests are found in a range of [[climate zone]]s, from [[Boreal ecosystem|boreal]] through [[Temperate climate|temperate]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.860261/Temperate_Flooded_Swamp_Forest_Formation | title=NatureServe Explorer 2.0 }}</ref> and [[Subtropics|subtropical]] to [[Tropics|tropical]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.860267/Tropical_Flooded_Swamp_Forest_Formation | title=NatureServe Explorer 2.0 }}</ref>

In the [[Amazon Basin]] of [[Brazil]], a seasonally flooded forest is known as a [[Várzea Forests|''várzea'']], and refers to a [[Whitewater river (river type)|whitewater]]-inundated forest. ''[[Igapó]]'' refers to [[Blackwater river|blackwater]]-inundated forest.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-94-007-0146-5 | doi=10.1007/978-94-007-0146-5 | title=The Amazon Várzea | year=2011 | isbn=978-94-007-0145-8 | editor-last1=Pinedo-Vasquez | editor-last2=Ruffino | editor-last3=Padoch | editor-last4=Brondízio | editor-first1=Miguel | editor-first2=Mauro L | editor-first3=Christine | editor-first4=Eduardo S }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-90122-0 | doi=10.1007/978-3-319-90122-0 | title=Igapó (Black-water flooded forests) of the Amazon Basin | year=2018 | isbn=978-3-319-90121-3 | s2cid=53046359 | editor-last1=Myster | editor-first1=Randall W }}</ref>

[[Peat swamp forest]]s are swamp forests where waterlogged soils prevent woody debris from fully decomposing, which over time creates a thick layer of acidic [[peat]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/swamp-forest | title=Swamp Forest - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics }}</ref>

== Freshwater swamp forest ecoregions ==
=== Afrotropic ===
* [[Eastern Congolian swamp forests]] ([[Democratic Republic of the Congo]])
* [[Niger Delta swamp forests]] ([[Nigeria]])
* [[Western Congolian swamp forests]] ([[Republic of the Congo]], Democratic Republic of the Congo).

=== Australasia ===
* [[Northern New Guinea lowland rain and freshwater swamp forests]] ([[Indonesia]], [[Papua New Guinea]])
* [[Southern New Guinea freshwater swamp forests]] (Indonesia, Papua New Guinea)

=== South and SE Asia ===
[[File:Ratargul, Sylhet.jpg|thumb|[[Ratargul Swamp Forest]] in [[Gowainghat Upazila|Gowainghat]], [[Sylhet District|Sylhet]], [[Bangladesh]]]]
* [[Borneo peat swamp forests]] ([[Brunei]], Indonesia, [[Malaysia]])
* [[Chao Phraya freshwater swamp forests]] ([[Thailand]])
* [[Irrawaddy freshwater swamp forests]] ([[Myanmar]])
* [[Peninsular Malaysian peat swamp forests]] (Malaysia, Thailand)
* [[Ratargul Swamp Forest]] ([[Bangladesh]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visitbangladesh.biz/2013/09/swamp-forest-ratargul-amazon-of.html|title=Swamp Forest Ratargul : Amazon of Bangladesh ~ Beautiful Bangladesh}}</ref>
* [[Sundarbans]] freshwater swamp forests in Bangladesh and India
* [[Red River freshwater swamp forests]] ([[Vietnam]])
* [[Southwest Borneo freshwater swamp forests]] (Indonesia)
* [[Tonle Sap-Mekong peat swamp forests]] ([[Cambodia]], Vietnam)
* Wathurana freshwater swamp forest ([[Sri Lanka]])
* [[Myristica swamp]] ([[India]])
* [[Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary]] (India)

=== Neotropic ===
* [[Cantão]] igapó forest ([[Brazil]])
* [[Gurupa várzea]] (Brazil)
* [[Iquitos várzea]] ([[Bolivia]], Brazil, [[Peru]])
* [[Marajó várzea]] (Brazil)
* [[Monte Alegre várzea]] (Brazil)
* [[Orinoco Delta swamp forests]] ([[Guyana]], [[Venezuela]])
* [[Pantanos de Centla]] ([[Mexico]])
* [[Paramaribo swamp forests]] (Guyana, [[Suriname]])
* [[Purus várzea]] (Brazil)

== See also ==

* [[Coniferous swamp]] forest
* [[Mangrove swamp]] (saltwater swamp)

== References ==
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