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| BRAZILIAN GEOGRAPHY STATS: |
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Area > Land
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6 sq km
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[6th of 236]
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Area > Total
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11 sq km
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[11th of 248]
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Area > Water
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12 sq km
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[12th of 237]
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Climate
mostly tropical, but temperate in south |
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Coastline
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22 km
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[22nd of 249]
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Elevation extremes > Highest point
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Pico da Neblina 3,014 m |
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Elevation extremes > Lowest point
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Atlantic Ocean 0 m |
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Forested Land
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14% |
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[14th of 193]
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Geographic coordinates
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10 00 S, 55 00 W |
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Geography > Note
largest country in South America; shares common boundaries with every South American country except Chile and Ecuador |
Land boundaries > Border countries
Argentina 1,261 km, Bolivia 3,423 km, Colombia 1,644 km, French Guiana 730.4 km, Guyana 1,606 km, Paraguay 1,365 km, Peru 2,995 km, Suriname 593 km, Uruguay 1,068 km, Venezuela 2,200 km |
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Land use > Arable land
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135 %
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[135th of 241]
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Largest city
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Sao Paulo |
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Largest city population
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3 |
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[3rd of 174]
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Largest city with population
São Paulo - (est. 10,000,000) |
Location
Eastern South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean |
Map references
South America |
Natural resources
bauxite, gold, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, platinum, tin, uranium, petroleum, hydropower, timber |
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Population density
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183 people per sqkm |
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[183rd of 256]
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Terrain
mostly flat to rolling lowlands in north; some plains, hills, mountains, and narrow coastal belt |
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SOURCES: Total land area in square kilometres
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; Total water area in square kilometers
; A brief description of typical weather regimes throughout the year.
; The total length of the boundary between the land area (including islands) and the sea.
; Highest point above sea level
; Lowest point relative to sea level
; Forested land as a proportion of total land area, estimate by FAO; This entry includes rounded latitude and longitude figures for the purpose of finding the approximate geographic center of an entity and is based on the Gazetteer of Conventional Names, Third Edition, August 1988, US Board on Geographic Names and on other sources.
; This entry includes miscellaneous geographic information of significance not included elsewhere.
; Length of land boundaries by border country
; The percentage of used land that is arable. Arable land is land cultivated for crops that are replanted after each harvest like wheat, maize, and rice
; The city with the highest population; The population of the country's largest city; Largest cities including most recent population (estimates included). Populations are figures only within the city limits, unless otherwise specified. All populations are from 2001 t0 2005 unless otherwise specified.; The country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water.
; The name of the CIA World Factbook reference map on which a country may be found. The entry on Geographic coordinates may be helpful in finding some smaller countries.
; A country's mineral, petroleum, hydropower, and other resources of commercial importance.
; People per square kilometre, in 1999. At this time the world average was 14.42.; A brief description of the topography
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Brazil, Federative Republic of Brazil, Republica Federativa do Brasil, Brasil
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