BRAZIL

Location

Bordering the Atlantic Ocean, Brazil is located in Eastern South America. The geographical coordinates are 10 00 S, 55 00 W and on a map it may be referenced in South America.

Geography

The total area of this great Latin American country is approximately 8,511,965 sq. km and is divided up into 8,456,510 sq. km land, and 55,455 sq. km water (Includes Arquipelago de Fernando de Noronha, Atol das Rocas, Ilha da Trindade, Ilhas Martin Vaz, and Penedos de Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo).

Brazil is slightly smaller than the US. Its coastline totals 7,491 km and the border it shares with ten other countries, is approximately 14,691 km. The border is shared with Argentina 1,224 km, Bolivia 3,400 km, Colombia 1,643 km, French Guiana 673 km, Guyana 1,119 km, Paraguay 1,290 km, Peru 1,560 km, Suriname 597 km, Uruguay 985 km, Venezuela 2,200 km.

Brazil is the largest country in South America, and shares common boundaries with every South American country except Chile and Ecuador.

Climate

The climate is mostly tropical, but is temperate in southern portion of the country.

Terrain

The country's terrain is mostly flat to rolling lowlands in north, with some plains, hills, mountains, and narrow coastal belt. Elevation extremes range from the lowest point (Atlantic Ocean) which is at sea level, to the highest point (Pico da Neblina) 3,014 m above sea level.

Resources

As of 1993, Brazil had many natural resources including, bauxite, gold, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, platinum, tin, uranium, petroleum, hydropower, and timber. The land was broken out in the following percentiles, 5% arable land; 1% permanent crops; 22% permanent pastures; 58% forests and woodland; and 14% other.

Latin Link small group tours which visit Brazil :
Amazon to Andes
Andes Overland
South America Discovery
South America Contrasts

Argentina :: Bolivia ::Chile :: Ecuador :: Peru:: Mexico:: Venezuela