Brazil

Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192million people.
It is the only Portuguese-speaking country in the America and the largest lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) country in the world.
Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has acoastline of 7,491 km (4,655 mi). It is bordered on the north by Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and the French overseas region of French Guiana; on the northwest by Colombia; on the west by Bolivia andPeru; on the southwest by Argentina and Paraguay and on the south by Uruguay.
It shares a border with every country in South America except for Ecuador and Chile. Brazil occupies a large area along theeastern coast of South America. It also encompasses a number of oceanic archipelagos, such as Fernando de Noronha, Rocas Atoll, Saint Peter and Paul Rocks, and Trindade and Martim Vaz. Its size,relief, climate, and natural resources make Brazil geographically diverse.
Brazilian topography is also diverse and includes hills, mountains, plains, highlands, and scrublands. Much of the terrainlies between 200 meters (660 ft) and 800 meters (2,600 ft) in elevation. The main upland area occupies most of the southern half of the country. The northwestern parts of the plateau consist of broad,rolling terrain broken by low, rounded hills.
Brazil has a dense and complex system of rivers, one of the world's most extensive, with eight major drainage basins, all of which drain into theAtlantic. Major rivers include the Amazon (the world's second-longest river and the largest in terms of volume of water), the Paraná and its major tributary the Iguaçu the Negro, São Francisco, Xingu,Madeira and Tapajós rivers.


Largest cities of Brazil
2011 Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics estimate |
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