Table 8.

South American climatic dominions

Abbr.	Name	Climate zone
I (C)	Amazon rainforest	I
I (NO)	Colombian Choco rainforest	I
I (E)	Brazilian Atlantic forest	I
II (NO)	Andean Tropical dry forest	II
II (C)	Brazilian Cerrado	II
II (N)	Llanos of Venezuela	II
II/III (E)	Caatinga shrubland	II/III
II/III (S)	Chaco and Pampa grassland and Shrubland	II/III
II/III (N)	Maracaibo shrubland	II/III
III (N)	Atacama desert	III
III (S)	Monte desert	III
IV (SO)	Sclerophyllous Chilean shrubland	IV
V (SE)	Guarani subtropical forest	V
V (SO)	Valdivian warm temperate forest	V
VI (SO)	Magellanic subpolar forest	VI
VII (SE)	Patagonian grassland	VII

See Figure 8 for abbreviations.