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The Brazilian Highlands or Brazilian Plateau (Portuguese: Planalto Brasileiro) is an extensive geographical region covering most of the eastern, southern and central portions of Brazil, in all some 4,500,000 km 2 (1,930,511 sq mi) or approximately half of the country's land area.
The Borborema Plateau (Portuguese Planalto da Borborema, also known as the Serra da Borborema) is a plateau in northeastern Brazil which extends across the states of Pernambuco, Paraíba, and Rio Grande do Norte. [1] The plateau is the northeasternmost portion of the Brazilian Highlands and is the most
Highest in the states of Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo, Highest in the Brazilian Highlands: Pico do Cruzeiro: 2,861: 9,386 Unconfirmed elevation [1] Pico do Calçado: 2,849: 9,347 Pedra da Mina: 2,798: 9,180: Mantiqueira Mountains Highest in São Paulo state Pico das Agulhas Negras: 2,791: 9,157: Mantiqueira Mountains Highest in Rio de ...
A view of Chapada Diamantina National Park in Bahia, Brazil. A chapada (Portuguese pronunciation:) is a plateau found in the Brazilian Highlands.The chapadas, which are usually described as mountain ranges, are capped by horizontal strata of sandstone.
Pico da Neblina (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpiku dɐ neˈblĩnɐ], Mist Peak) is the highest peak in Brazil, 2,995.3 metres (9,827 ft) above sea level, in the Serra da Neblina, part of the Serra do Imeri, a section of the Guiana Highlands on the Brazil-Venezuela border.
' Black Needles Peak ') is the fifth-highest mountain in Brazil, [Note 1] standing at 2,791 metres (9,157 ft) above sea level, making it one of the highest in the Brazilian Highlands. [3] It is located in Itatiaia National Park, in the Mantiqueira range, on the border of the states of Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais. It is the highest point in ...
The country of Brazil occupies roughly half of South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean.Brazil covers a total area of 8,514,215 km 2 (3,287,357 sq mi) which includes 8,456,510 km 2 (3,265,080 sq mi) of land and 55,455 km 2 (21,411 sq mi) of water.
In Brazil, protected areas are known as conservation units, and those in the Cerrado account for 19% of all units in the country. While a 2017 assessment found that 433,581 km 2 , or 23%, of the ecoregion is in protected areas, in total, these registered conservation units make up roughly 17.96 Mha of land, which represents about 9% of the ...