Physical Geography Of Brazil
Natural Resources 🌳 🌳
Landforms ⛰
Climate ☀ ☁
Amazon River
Brazilian Highlands
Peaks can rise above 7,000 feet
South and East of the Amazon Basin is where the Brazilian Highlands are
Brazils Third largest city is located in the Brazilian Highlands
Amazon Basin
1,000 tributaries
Flows from Andes to the Atlantic Ocean
Several tributaries are over 1,000 miles long
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Water Ways 🌊
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Western Hemispheres longest river
Wide and Long enough for a ship to pass and deliver cargo
Amazon Basin
Has Over 1,000 tributaries
Amazon River: #
Worlds second longest river
Carries largest amount of water
Begins In Andes (Peru) and flows east to the Atlantic
Important natural resources
Key Terms
Tropics #
Temperate Zone
Pampas
Escarpment
Rain Forest
Basin #
Canopy
Plateau
Tributary
A small river that flows into a larger river
The umbrella-like covering formed by the tops of trees in a rain forest
A flat area that rises above the surrounding land
A dense stand of trees and other vegetation that receives a great deal of precipitation each year
An area of land that is drained by a river and its tributaries
A steep cliff at the edge of a plateau with lowland area below
The treeless grassland of Argentina and Uruguay
An area between the Tropic of cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn that has generally warm temperatures because it receives the direct rays of the sun for much of the year
A region with a climate that is neither too hot or nor too cold
Covers nearly 2 million square miles
About 6 percent of Brazil's population live in the Amazon Basin
The Western part of the highlands is largely Grassland that is partly covered with shrubs and small trees
Southeastern Brazil And Northeastern Brazil
Massive flow pushes freshwater more than 100 miles
Trees
Space for farming
Minerals
Winters are mild
Summers are generally warm and humid
Rainfalls occur year round
In the southern parts of the climate zone, snow can fall
In the Northeastern part of the Brazilian highlands is the hottest and driest part of the country
Abundant Forests
7 percent of the world's timber resources
Forests cover 60 percent of Brazil
Logging
Minerals
Mining
Brazil has a rich mineral resources that are only partly developed
Bauxite
Tin
Iron
Gold
Usually can reach up to 100 degrees
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