Biotope

Technical representation of specific geographical areas that includes accurate flora and fauna, as well as materials appropriate to the location being reproduced.

1st place

Clogs and Clots

Jack McCarley United States

2nd place

Jungle stream in karst menoreh

Imanul khakim Indonesia

3rd place

RIO KAYAN-BULUNGAN BORNEO ORIENTAL

alejandro rios martin Spain

All Other Entries
4th

Laguna El Arco, Ocoyoacac. México

Amadeo Hernández Pérez Mexico

7th

Rowo Pening

arih setyo nugroho Indonesia

8th

Small Creek, Maroni River Basin, French Guiana.

Arif Hikmet Başeğmez Türkiye

11th

Puddles of Milini River

Abhineet Prakash Anand India

12th

Another Sulawesi

Davide Vallascas Italy

15th

The Big Bang

Anthony Coelho de Oliveira Quintanilha Brazil

16th

府南河生境

彭昶尧 China

Biotope Results
Rank Title Name Location
1st Clogs and Clots Jack McCarley United States
2nd Jungle stream in karst menoreh Imanul khakim Indonesia
3rd RIO KAYAN-BULUNGAN BORNEO ORIENTAL alejandro rios martin Spain
4th Laguna El Arco, Ocoyoacac. México Amadeo Hernández Pérez Mexico
5th Zalala Swamp Reservoir Near Barcelos, Rio Negro Basin, Brazil. Arif Hikmet Başeğmez Türkiye
6th Coastal Waters in Igarape Santa Cruz. Pte. Figueiredo. Amazonas. Brasil. Walter Vazquez Argentina
7th Rowo Pening arih setyo nugroho Indonesia
8th Small Creek, Maroni River Basin, French Guiana. Arif Hikmet Başeğmez Türkiye
9th Bank of an Upper Tributary of the Youluo Stream Po-Han Yang Taiwan
10th Pasir Panjang Riverbank, Near Pangkalan Pun, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia Emre Açıkgöz Türkiye
11th Puddles of Milini River Abhineet Prakash Anand India
12th Another Sulawesi Davide Vallascas Italy
13th Poco profundo del Río Cenepa “Shallows of the Río Cenepa” Hayley Zimmermann United States
14th Artificial pond above anisakan falls Burma(Myanmar) Gabriel Mounichy France
15th The Big Bang Anthony Coelho de Oliveira Quintanilha Brazil
16th 府南河生境 彭昶尧 China

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