Soil Composition
The Huanchaca Plateau (within NKMNP) is 600–900 m above sea level and is composed of pre-Cambrian sandstone and quartzite of the Brazilian Shield. There are patches of evergreen forest on the soils that are deep and nutrient rich in the Plateau. Deep fertile soils support forest, while heavily weathered sandstone rocks with a thin layer of soil sustain open savannah. The adjacent low land plain to the west is blanketed by Cenozoic alluvial sediments and dominated by wet rain forests which transition into dry forests at the southern border of NKMNP.
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