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DescriptionGuyane petit saut dec 95 lisière.jpg
Français : Photos prises dans le bassin du fleuve Sinnamary sur la la rivière Koursibo (ou Courcibo) lors de la fin de la montée des eaux induites par le barrage EDF de Petit saut, en Guyane, en décembre 1995. Tous les arbres noyés par le barrage avaient un système racinaire et un métabolisme non adapté à l'immersion ; ils ont en quelques mois perdu toutes leurs feuilles et sont morts noyés, produisant la «forêt fantôme» ou «forêt grise»seules quelques plantes épiphytes résistant bien au soleil ont survécu
English: Photo made in the Sinnamary river basin on the Kursibo river (or Courcibo), in french Guiana, at the end of the rise of the waters induced by the dam EDF de Petit saut, December 1995. All the trees drowned by the dam had a root system and a metabolism not adapted to immersion ; they have lost all their leaves in a few months and have drowned, producing for some years the ghost forest or gray forest ; only a few epiphytic plants resistant to the sun have survived on the trees
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