Brazil’s 200 million termite mounds are up to 4,000 years old, but they are made from soil termites dug out while building tunnels
- PC: Study: A vast 4,000-year-old spatial pattern of termite moundsAcross northeastern Brazil, an extraordinary landscape hides a secret beneath its surface.
- Around 200 million earthen mounds stretch across roughly 230,000 square kilometres, an area about the size of Great Britain.
- Some of these structures are almost 4,000 years old, yet they are not termite nests in the usual sense.
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- PC: Study: A vast 4,000-year-old spatial pattern of termite moundsAcross northeastern Brazil, an extraordinary landscape hides a secret beneath its surface.
- Around 200 million earthen mounds stretch across roughly 230,000 square kilometres, an area about the size of Great Britain.
- Some of these structures are almost 4,000 years old, yet they are not termite nests in the usual sense.
Sources: Times of India