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Brazil

Brazil. Geography. Introduction. Two major types of land forms in Brazil Plains Plateaus Escarpment – steep cliff between two level areas at different heights Located behind the coastal plains is a plateau The escarpment is located where these two areas meet. Escarpment.

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Brazil

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  1. Brazil Geography

  2. Introduction • Two major types of land forms in Brazil • Plains • Plateaus • Escarpment – steep cliff between two level areas at different heights • Located behind the coastal plains is a plateau • The escarpment is located where these two areas meet

  3. Escarpment

  4. Northeast Region

  5. Northeast Region • Bulges out into the Atlantic Ocean • Portuguese colonists in the 1500s • Built sugar plantations • Lots of port cities • Lots of slaves were brought to work on plantations • Severe poverty, chronic malnutrition • Life expectancy of 49 years

  6. Sugar Plantations

  7. Southeast Region

  8. Southeast Region • 40% of population lives here • Brazil’s economic heartland • Humid, subtropical climate, rich soil • Cash crops  cotton, sugar cane, rice, cacao • Coffee = most important crop • Brazil grows ¼ of the world’s coffee supply

  9. Southeast Region • Most people live in Rio de Janeiro or Sao Paulo • Beauty, excitement, good economy  draw people to these cities • Migrants are undereducated, inexperienced • Many find no jobs, or low paying ones • Live in favelas – slum communities

  10. Favelas

  11. Southeast Region • Most people associate Rio de Janeiro with Carnival • Famous festival • Takes place during the four days before Lent • Music, dancing (particularly samba), floats, costumes • Giant parties in the streets • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM0F6O82dSw • Samba (in beginning) Serena Cuevas & Jonia

  12. Carnival

  13. Brazilian Highlands

  14. Brazilian Highlands • Lots of hills located on the central plateau • Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, is in this area • Capital used to be Rio de Janeiro • Government decided to change it in hopes of developing the interior of the country

  15. Rio and Brasilia View of Rio de Janeiro Cathedral in Brasilia

  16. Amazon River Region

  17. Amazon River Region • Largest and least explored region • Never ending growing season • Amazon Rainforest is home to thousands of species of plants and animals • Orchids • Palms • Monkeys • Jaguars • Toucans • Piranha • Dolphins

  18. Amazon River

  19. The Amazon Indians • 200,00 Indians from 180 different tribes live here • Linked through trade networks • There used to be many more (2-5 million), but they were killed by the Portuguese or their diseases • Tribes are often isolated, not always exposed to modern diseases • Panara tribe was devastated when a highway was built through their tribe and they were exposed to disease • Government has tried to preserve Indian communities by setting up reservations • Opponents argue that this will CAUSE Indians to lose their culture as their way of life changes

  20. Amazon Indians

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