Caatinga
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![Caatinga during the rainy season.](/Images/godic/202501/02/Caatinga1029.jpg")
![Approximate vegetation map of Brazil. The Caatinga is brown.](/Images/godic/202501/02/Brazil_veg_19771030.jpg")
Caatinga (Portuguese pronunciation: [kaaˈtĩɡɐ]) is a type of desert vegetation, and an ecoregion characterized by this vegetation in interior northeastern Brazil. The name "Caatinga" is a Tupi word meaning "white forest" or "white vegetation" (caa = forest, vegetation, tinga = white).