Rainforest, luxuriant forest, generally composed of tall, broad-leaved trees and usually found in wet tropical uplands and lowlands around the Equator. Rainforests usually occur in regions where there is a high annual rainfall of generally more than 1,80
Due to vast area of the country, the climate type of Brazil varies greatly; however, largely it is considered as tropical climate. Brazil has huge territory consisting of various ecosystems, such as the Amazon Rainforest, recognized as having the greatest biological diversity in the world and th...
If you visit Brazil you can see Iguazu Falls, which if you combine the width of the 275 distinct falls, has the greatest width of any waterfall in the world at 8858 feet (2700 meters). The Amazon basin contains the world's largest rainforest and the world's largest and longest river....
Brazil, country of South America that occupies half the continent’s landmass. It is the fifth largest and fifth most-populous country in the world. Brazil contains most of the Amazon River basin, which has the world’s largest river system and the world
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In July, Brazil announced a 120-day ban on fires in the Amazon rainforest; it was presented as an effort to limit ecological damage from fires this year. However, the NASA-led fire analysis indicates that there has been a proliferation of fires in key deforestation hotspots in the southern...
Ordered by the most populous, the countries includeBrazil,Colombia,Argentina,Peru,Venezuela,Chile,Ecuador,Bolivia,Paraguay, andUruguay. From its breathtaking landscapes to its cities like Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires, South America is also home to the Amazon Rainforest, the Andes Mountains, and...
6. Amazon Rainforest, Brazil If you’ve ever had the desire to explore the deepest reaches of the Amazon Rainforest, a Brazilian homestay could be an idyllic experience. Easily planned in Manaus, you can book a trip and be paired up with an indigenous family. You’ll score a room in ...
Admittedly, I probably was also influenced by Shadowrun a bit as in that setting three dragons eventually took over Brazil and pushed for a very radical (possibly totalitarian) ecological agenda regarding the safekeeping of the rainforest. There probably are parallels to draw with what I envision,...
In the Amazon Rainforest, a unique post-carbon plan to mitigate global warming and to protect the exceptional bio-cultural diversity was experimented in 2007–2013 by the Ecuadorian government. To preserve the rainforest ecosystems within the Yasuní-ITT oil block, the release of 410 million metri...