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The Chapada Diamantina National Park (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʃaˈpadɐ dʒi.amɐ̃ˈtʃĩnɐ]; Portuguese: Parque Nacional da Chapada Diamantina) is a national park in the Chapada Diamantina [a] region of the State of Bahia, Brazil. The terrain is rugged, and mainly covered by flora of the Caatinga biome.
Chapada Diamantina Canyon in Vale do Capão, Bahia Pictographs in Parque Nacional da Chapada Diamantina. Chapada Diamantina ([ʃaˈpadɐ dʒi.ɐmɐ̃ˈtʃĩnɐ]; Portuguese for the "Diamond Plateau") is a region of Bahia state, in the Northeast of Brazil. This mountain range is known as “Serra do Espinhaço,” in Minas Gerais state, south of ...
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.
Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park (Portuguese: Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Veadeiros) is a national park of Brazil located in the state of Goiás, on the top of an ancient plateau with an estimated age of 1.8 billion years. [1]
The Chapada do Araripe is a large chapada, a plateau, which is significant both for natural and cultural properties. It has some of Brazil's best palaeontological sites, the Santana Group, with the Crato, Ipubi and Romualdo Formations from the Early Cretaceous. It is also the only region where the bird Araripe manakin lives.
National parks are the oldest type of protected area in Brazil. National parks are very important for our rainforest and other areas. Their goal is to preserve ecosystems of great ecological importance and scenic beauty, and to support scientific research, education, environmental interpretation, recreation and eco-tourism through contact with nature.
Cachoeira da Fumaça is located in Palmeiras, Bahia, Chapada Diamantina, an attractive region for adventurers, named that way because the tiny water flow is sprayed by the wind before it touches the ground. However, depending on the season, it can be completely dry.
Chapada is a Brazilian word that means a region of steep cliffs, usually at the edge of a plateau. The geographical center of South America, formerly considered to be in the city of Cuiabá where it is marked by a white marble obelisk, is in fact located in the park near the town of Chapado dos Guimarães at the "Mirante de Geodésia", a scenic ...