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FIGURE 10.2
The three types of fires.
A slow-moving, cool surface fire (top) burns litter in the understory of summer deciduous
forest in northwestern Costa Rica. A fast-moving crown fire (center) in chaparral burned everything from the surface to the plant crowns
near Santa Barbara, CA. A subsurface fire (bottom), visible in the distance, burns in a swamp near Coatzacoalos, Veracruz, Mexico.
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