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Brazil In History
Brazil: National Context
Geography
Brazil occupies almost one-half of the entire South America continent, and is the fifth largest
country in the world. It borders all Latin American countries except Chile and Ecuador. The
9,170km coastline and the 50,000km navigable inland waterways provide great potentials for
water transportation which has not been well developed.
Brazil is topographically relatively flat. 40% of the land is under the Amazon Rain Forest. Most of
the arable land is found in the South, but the process of land development for agriculture is pushing
into the Central-West and the North as well. The climate is mainly tropical and sub-tropical, and is
particularly humid
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