Coastal lagoons
At least eighteen.
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Restinga de Jurubatiba National Park was the first national park in Brazil to protect «restinga» alone, the coastal sand plains with their own distinctive vegetation, the least protected ecosystem in the country. Most researchers agree it is the best-preserved restinga in Brazil and practically intact. Created on 29 April 1998, the park covers 14,860 hectares and forty-four kilometres of beach across the municipalities of Quissamã, Carapebus and Macaé; its Tupi name means «gathering of jeribá palms». The plain formed as the sea retreated in the Quaternary, building successive dunes three to eight metres high, with at least eighteen lagoons and hundreds of small marshes between them, each with its own water, plants and animals. The park is run by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation, and walking is on trails set out in its management plan, including the route to the Carapebus lagoon; an accredited guide is advisable.
At least eighteen.
Sand-plain vegetation.
An approved trail.
Coast of Quissamã, Carapebus and Macaé municipalities, northern Rio de Janeiro state
Coastal sand plains with distinctive vegetation, formed as the sea retreated.