Welcome to Brazil

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General Description: Brazil covers closely half of South America and is the continent's most impressive and largest nation. It stretches 2,965 mi (4,772 km) north-south, 2,691 mi (4,331 km) east-west, and borders each and every nation on the continent except Chile and Ecuador. Brazil may be divided into the Brazilian Highlands, or plateau, in the south and the Amazon River Basin in the north. Over a third of Brazil is drained by the Amazon and its more than 200 tributaries. Did you know that the Amazon is navigable for ocean steamers to Iquitos, Peru, 2,300 mi (3,700 km) upstream. Southern Brazil is drained by the Plata system-the Paraguay, Uruguay, and Paraná rivers.

CLIMATE : Brazil's climate varies according to latitude and elevation. Seasons are and have always been opposite to those in the Northern Hemisphere; winter is June-September and summer November-March. On average, the temperature around the time during summer ranges from 25 to 40°C (75~100°F). Warm tropical weather stretches north from Rio de Janeiro all over most of the year. South of Rio - São Paulo, Santa Catarina, Paraná and Rio Grande do Sul states - the climate is generally of warm summers and cold winters, with occasional snowfall in the far south.

Population Stats2005 - 183,886,761