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Showing posts with label Brazil. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brazil. Show all posts

Saturday, April 20, 2013

São Francisco River

               São Francisco River (Rio São Francisco) is a river in Brazil. With a length of 2,914 kilometres (1,811 mi), it is the longest river that runs entirely in Brazilian territory, and the fourth longest in South America after the Amazon, the Paraná and the Madeira. The São Francisco originates in Serra da Canastra mountain range in the central-western part of the state of Minas Gerais. 
               The main tributaries are: Paraopeba River, Abaeté River, Das Velhas River, Jequitaí River, Paracatu River, Urucuia River, Verde Grande River, Carinhanha River, Corrente River, Grande River. Is flowing through Pirapora, São Francisco, Januária, Bom Jesus da Lapa, Petrolina, Juazeiro, and Paulo Afonso. 

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Friday, February 8, 2013

Pico da Neblina

              Pico da Neblina is the highest mountain in Brazil, 2,994 metres (9,823 ft) above sea level, in the Serra do Imeri, a section of the Guiana Highlands on the Brazil–Venezuela border. As determined by a border survey expedition in 1962, its summit lies just within Brazilian territory, at a horizontal distance of only 687 m (2,254 ft) from the Venezuelan border at Pico 31 de Março. 
              The mountain is contained in the Brazilian Pico da Neblina National Park; its northern slopes are also protected in Venezuela's Serranía de la Neblina National Park. The twin parks, together with the neighbouring Parima Tapirapecó National Park (Venezuela), form a protected area complex of about 80,000 km², possibly the largest national park system in tropical rainforests in the world.

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Thursday, February 7, 2013

Lagoa dos Patos

               Lagoa dos Patos is the second largest lagoon in Latin America after Maracaibo, and the biggest in Brazil. It is located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil. It is 174 miles (280 km) long, has a maximum width of 44 miles (70 km), and a total area of 3,803 sq. mi. (9,850 km). It is separated from the Atlantic Ocean by a sandbar about 5 miles (8 kilometers) wide. The navigable São Gonçalo Channel, which enters Lagoa dos Patos near the town of Pelotas, connects Lagoa dos Patos to Lagoa Mirim to the south. The Rio Grande, at the south end of Lagoa dos Patos, forms the outlet to the Atlantic. 
               The lagoon's largest and most fertile island is the Ilha dos Marinheiros, which is located near the eastern shore.On the coast are the following cities: Rio Grande, Pelotas, São José do Norte, São Lourenço do Sul, Tapes.

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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

São Paulo

                  São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and Americas, and the world's seventh largest city by population (11,316,149). The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among the ten largest metropolitan areas on the planet. 
                  The main landmarks are: São Paulo Cathedral (Catedral da Sé de São Paulo), United Nations Business Center (Centro Empresarial Nações Unidas), São Paulo Museum of Art (Museu de Arte de São Paulo), Paulista Avenue (Avenida Paulista), Museu Paulista (Museu do Ipiranga), Bandeiras Monument, Octávio Frias de Oliveira Bridge, Altino Arantes Building (Banespa Building), Pico do Jaraguá, São Paulo City Hall , Museum of the Portuguese Language (Museu da Língua Portuguesa), Rua Oscar Freire , Unique Hotel, University of São Paulo (Universidade de São Paulo), Mário de Andrade Library ( Biblioteca Mário de Andrade), Victor Civita Latin American Library (Biblioteca Latino-Americana Victor Civita), Municipal Theatre of São Paulo (Theatro Municipal), Museu da Imigração e Memorial do Imigrante, Brooklin Novo, Copan Building (Edifício Copan), Edifício Itália, Luz Station (Estação da Luz), Mercado Municipal, Museum of religious art (Museu de Arte Sacra), Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Sé Square (Praça da Sé).

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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Uruguay river

                Uruguay river (Río Uruguay, Rio Uruguai) is a river in South America. It flows from north to south and makes boundary with Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay, separating some of the Argentine provinces of the Mesopotamia from the other two countries. It passes between the states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil; forms the eastern border of the provinces of Misiones, Corrientes, and Entre Ríos in Argentina; and makes up the western borders of the departments of Artigas, Salto, Paysandú, Río Negro, Soriano, and Colonia in Uruguay. 
                Uruguay river measures about 1,600 kilometres (990 mi) in length and starts in the Serra do Mar in Brazil. The main tributaries are: Rio Peperi-Guaçu, Rio Quaraí, Rio Negro, Rio Ijuí, Rio da Várzea, Rio Chapecó, Rio Passo Fundo, Rio Ibicuí.

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Monday, December 17, 2012

Mamoré River

             Mamoré River (Río Mamoré) is a large river in Bolivia and Brazil, which unites with the Beni to form the Madeira, one of the largest tributaries of the Amazon. Mamoré River's lenght is 1,900 km (1,200 mi). Franz Keller gave the outflow of the Mamoré at mean water level, and not including the Guapore, as 2,530 cub. in. per second, and the area of its drainage basin, also not including the Guapore, as 9,382 m².
             It rises on the northern slope of the Sierra de Cochabamba, east of the city of Cochabamba, and is known as the Chimoré down to its junction with the Chapare. The Mamore is interrupted by rapids a few miles above its junction with the Beni.  Its larger tributaries are the Chapare, Secure, Apere, Yacuma, Ichilo, Guapay, Ivari, Manique, and Guapore.

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Monday, October 29, 2012

Amazon river

             Amazon river (Amazonas) is the second longest river in the world (6,400 km (4,000 mi)) and by far the largest by waterflow with an average discharge greater than the next seven largest rivers combined (not including Madeira and Rio Negro, which are tributaries of the Amazon).
             The Amazon, which has the largest drainage basin in the world, about 7,050,000 square kilometres (2,720,000 sq mi), accounts for approximately one-fifth of the world's total river flow. The width of the Amazon varies between 1.6 and 10 kilometres (1.0 and 6.2 mi) at low stage, but expands during the wet season to 48 kilometres (30 mi) or more. The river enters the Atlantic Ocean in a broad estuary about 240 kilometres (150 mi) wide. The mouth of the main stem is 80 kilometres (50 mi).
             The Amazon has over 1,100 tributaries, 17 of which are over 1,500 kilometres (930 mi) long. Some of the more notable ones are: Madeira, Purus, Yapura, Tocantins, Araguaia, Juruá, Rio Negro, Tapajós, Xingu, Ucayali River, Guaporé, Içá (Putumayo), Marañón, Teles Pires. It is crossing the following cities: Iquitos (Peru), Leticia (Colombia), Manaus (Brazil), Santarém and Belém do Pará (Brazil), Macapa (Brazil).

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Monday, October 22, 2012

Rio Japurá

             The Japurá River or Caquetá River is a river about 2,816 kilometres (1,750 mi) long say 2,414 km) rising as the Caquetá River in the Andes in the Southwest of Colombia. It flows southeast into Brazil, where it is called the Japurá. The Japurá enters the Amazon River through a network of channels. It is navigable by small boats in Brazil. 
              Main Japura River's tributaries are: Apaporis-Tunia, Caguán, Yarí, Cahuinari, Purué, Miriti Paraná, Orteguaza. The river is home to a wide variety of fish and reptiles, including enormous catfish weighing up to 91 kg (200 lb) and measuring up to 1.8 metres (5.9 ft) in length, electric eels, piranhas, turtles, and caimans.

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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Rio de Janeiro

             Rio de Janeiro is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th largest in the Americas, and 26th in the world.
             Rio de Janeiro is the most visited city in the southern hemisphere and is known for its natural settings, carnival celebrations, samba, Bossa Nova, balneario beaches such as Barra da Tijuca, Copacabana, Ipanema, and Leblon. Some of the most famous landmarks in addition to the beaches include the giant statue of Christ the Redeemer (Cristo Redentor) atop Corcovado mountain, named one of the New Seven Wonders of the World; Sugarloaf mountain (Pão de Açúcar) with its cable car; the Sambódromo, a permanent grandstand-lined parade avenue which is used during Carnival, Biblioteca Nacional do Brasil, Candelária Church (Igreja da Candelária), Barra da Tijuca, Gloria church, Guanabara Palace, Pedro Ernesto Palace, ponte rio niterói, Teatro Municipal, Tiradentes Palace, Centro do Rio de Janeiro.

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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Pico da Bandeira

             Pico da Bandeira, or Mount Bandeira (Flag Peak), 2,892 m (9,488 ft) is the third highest mountain in Brazil, situated near the border of Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais. It is one of the major attractions of the Caparaó National Park (Parque Nacional do Caparaó), accessible from the nearby city Alto Caparaó.
             The name means "Peak of the Flag" and it was so named after Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil, ordered a flag to be flown on it. 
             Pico da Bandeira is one of the coldest in the  região Sudeste, with the possible occurrence of snow. The peak temperatures reaching up to -10 ° C, and in winter frosts are daily.

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