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Muriti

Coordinates-10.52°, -38.76°

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Overview

Mauritia flexuosa, known as the moriche palm, ité palm, ita, buriti, muriti, miriti (Brazil), canangucho (Colombia), morete or acho (Ecuador), palma real (Bolivia), or aguaje (Peru), is a palm tree. It grows in and near swamps and other wet areas in tropical South America.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
-10.5166
Longitude
-38.7553
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

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Air quality

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Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
104
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Silver Argiope
    Argiope argentata (Fabricius, 1775) · Arachnida
    4
  • Pilosocereus pentaedrophorus (Labour.) Byles & G.D.Rowley
    Pilosocereus pentaedrophorus (Labour.) Byles & G.D.Rowley · Magnoliopsida
    4
  • Sicarius cariri Magalhaes, Brescovit & Santos, 2013
    Sicarius cariri Magalhaes, Brescovit & Santos, 2013 · Arachnida
    3
  • Campomanesia eugenioides (Cambess.) D.Legrand
    Campomanesia eugenioides (Cambess.) D.Legrand · Magnoliopsida
    3
  • Diversitermes diversimiles (Silvestri, 1901)
    Diversitermes diversimiles (Silvestri, 1901) · Insecta
    3
  • Brown Widow
    Latrodectus geometricus C.L.Koch, 1841 · Arachnida
    2
  • Jumping spider
    Hasarius adansoni (Audouin, 1826) · Arachnida
    2
  • Indigo Macaw
    Anodorhynchus leari Bonaparte, 1856 · Aves
    2

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
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Largest event
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Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
5.52
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
2,016

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

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Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
7
Avg daily Wikipedia views
1
Attention level
Obscure

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Recently spotted species

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

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Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • Wikidata
  • • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • • iNaturalist
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API