these islands are part of some of the most important and well preserved the mangrove covering of metropolitan rio de janeiro.
to the west, in the marambaia island, there's also another important habitat, the 'restinga'.
the 'ilha do capăo' itself is a covered in marshes and this kind of terrain is actually quite prevalent in the western side of guaratiba, spreading between the neighborhoods of barra de guaratiba, to the south, and pedra guaratiba, to the north.
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