Biodiversity of Suriname

The biodiversity of Suriname is high, mostly because of the variety of habitats and warm temperatures. The average annual temperature in the coastal area is between 26° and 28°C. Suriname can be divided into four major ecological zones, namely from north to south;

  1. The young coastal plain
  2. The old coastal plain
  3. The Savannah or Zanderij belt
  4. The interior residual uplands
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