Geography of Brazil Geography of Brazil In Brazil, the agreste is a narrow zone in the states of Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe and Bahia between the coastal zona da mata (forest zone) and the semiarid sertão. The agreste actually fades out before Rio Grande Do Norte is reached owing to the breakdown of the mountain chain that gives the coastal Atlantic forest zone high rainfall. ...more on Wikipedia about "Agreste"
Amazônia Legal It comphreends the North region of Brazil (see Brazil Regional Division), more the west part of Maranhão and most part of Mato Grosso and the north of Goiás. ...more on Wikipedia about "Amazônia Legal"
Aspásia is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. Its latitude is 20.155/20°09'32 S and 50.71/50°43'38 W. The population in 2003 is 1,811 and the area is 69.626 km² The elevation is 595 m. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aspásia"
(Birigiu) Birigui is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. Its coordinates are . The population in 2003 is 104,138 and the area is 532.13 km² The elevation is 406 m. ...more on Wikipedia about "Birigiu"
The Brazilian Highlands are a coastal plateau in Brazil along the Atlantic Ocean. The highest point of Brazilian Highlands is Pico da Bandeira which stands at 2,891 meters. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brazilian Highlands"
Campos Basin is a petroleum rich area located offshore of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It has a total area of 100,000 km², with 40 fields discovered and operated by Petrobras. Two major oil fields are Marlim and Albacora. Marlim is the largest field, located NorthEast of the Basin, 110 km offshore in water 650 to 1050 m deep. Marlim produces crude oil over 80,000 m³ (500,000 barrels) per day. ...more on Wikipedia about "Campos Basin"
Capuava is a district in the city of Santo André, state of São Paulo, Brazil. Created in 1985, the district of Capuava was formed from a part of the Utinga subdistrict, and is situated in one of the most industrialized regions of the city. ...more on Wikipedia about "Capuava"
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Centro-Sul is the name given to the Southeastern and Southern regions of Brazil (see Brazil Regional Division), excluding the north of Minas Gerais and along with the Goiás and southern areas of Mato Grosso do Sul and Tocantins. ...more on Wikipedia about "Centro-Sul"
The Cerrado ( Portuguese: "thick", "dense") is a vast tropical savanna ecoregion of Brazil. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cerrado"
Corcovado, meaning "hunchback" in Portuguese, is a mountain in central Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ...more on Wikipedia about "Corcovado"
Interestingly enough some of these minority languages recently have obtained local co-official status — e.g. Nheengatu, Tukano, and Baniwa in São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas (2003). ...more on Wikipedia about "Demographics of Brazil"
Descoberto is a town in the Brazilian State of Minas Gerais. ...more on Wikipedia about "Descoberto"
This is a list of the extreme points of Brazil, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location. ...more on Wikipedia about "Extreme points of Brazil"
The country of Brazil occupies a large portion of eastern South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean. Brazil covers a total area of 8,514,215 km² (3,287,357 sq. mi) which includes 8,456,510 km² (3,265,076 sq. mi) of land and 55,455 km² (21,411 sq. mi) of water. The highest point in Brazil is Pico da Neblina at 3,014 m (9,888 ft); the lowest point is sea level. Brazil is bordered by the countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela. By comparison, Brazil is slightly smaller in land mass than the United States. ...more on Wikipedia about "Geography of Brazil"
Gruta Rei do Mato means " Cave of the Forest King" in Portuguese. It is named after a fugitive who lived in it. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gruta Rei do Mato"
Lago de Corumbá (Lake Corumbá) is an artificial lake formed by the damming of the Corumbá river in southern Goiás state, Brazil. It is located 10 km from the city of Caldas Novas, famous for its hot springs. The lake, which began to fill in 1996, supplies the hydroelectric plant, Usina Hidrelétrica Corumbá I. It is fed by the Pirapitanga, Peixe, Piracanjuba and São Bartolomé rivers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lago de Corumbá"
Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, mostly known as "Lagoa", is a lake and district in the Zona Sul (South Zone) of Rio de Janeiro, surrounded by the districts of Ipanema, Leblon, Gávea, Jardim Botânico, Copacabana, Botafogo, and possibly Humaitá. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas"
*Biosphere Reserves in a nutshell -- http://www.unesco.org/mab/nutshell.htm ...more on Wikipedia about "List of Biosphere Reserves in Brazil"
This is a list of National Forests in Brazil. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of Brazilian National Forests"
Mata Atlântica is the Atlantic Coastal Rain Forest formerly covering the wet coastal hills along the Atlantic coast of Brazil (mostly in the Serra do Mar), and also extending inland as far as Paraguay and the Misiones province of Argentina. Mata Atlântica is a characteristic biome, now designated a World Biosphere Reserve, which contains a large number of highly endangered species including the well known marmosets and golden lion tamarins. It has been extensively cleared since colonial times, mainly for the farming of sugar cane and for urban settlements. The remnant is estimated to be less than 10% of the original and that is often broken into hilltop islands. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mata Atlântica"
The Pampas Republic (República dos Pampas in Portuguese) is a separatist movement for the establishment of an independent nation in southern Brazil (the states of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and Paraná). The movement has risen out of economical, political and cultural factors. It is named after the Pampas region. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pampas Republic"
The Pantanal is the world’s largest wetland area. It is situated in South America, and is thought to be the world’s most flora and fauna dense ecosystem. It is often overshadowed by the Rainforest, partly because of its proximity, but is a just as vital and interesting part of the Biosphere. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pantanal"
A quilombo (from the Kimbundu word kilombo) is a Brazilian hinterland settlement founded by Maroons and, sometimes, a minority of marginalised Portuguese, Brazilian aboriginals, and/or other non-black, non-slave Brazilians. Some of these settlements were near Portuguese settlements and active both in defending against capitães do mato commissioned to recapture slaves and in facilitating the escape of even more slaves. For this reason, they were targets of the Dutch, then Portuguese colonial authorities and, later, of the Brazilian state and slaveowners. Some quilombos that were farther from Portuguese settlements and the later Brazilian cities were tolerated and still exist as towns today, with inhabitants speaking distinctly African- Portuguese Creole languages. ...more on Wikipedia about "Quilombo"
Raposa Serra do Sol is a Brazilian Native American reservation that was approved early in 2005 and will become an official reservation in the next few months. The tribe that will mostly represent the reserve are Macuxi tribesmen. ...more on Wikipedia about "Raposa Serra Do Sol"
The Santana Formation is a geologic Lagerstätte (undisturbed fossil accumulation) in northeastern Brazil's Araripe Basin where the states of Pernambuco, Piauí and Ceará come together. The geological formation, named after the village of Santana do Cariri, lies at the base of the Araripe Plateau. The strata were laid down during the early Cretaceous, specifically during the late Aptian to Cenomanian, 108 to 92 million years ago, in a shallow inland sea. At that time, the South Atlantic was opening up in a long narrow shallow sea. ...more on Wikipedia about "Santana Formation"
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