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	SOUTH AMERICA,
		In the Brazilian Highlands, the greatest relief occurs in mountains that lie along the E coast, in many places rising abruptly from the sea.
		In the Pampas and S Brazilian Highlands, however, summers tend to be humid, and in the winter cyclonic storms may penetrate, bringing rain and chilly weather.
		The speakers of Quechua are primarily in the central Andean highlands, and the speakers of Aymara in the highlands of Bolivia and Peru.
	www.history.com /encyclopedia.do?articleId=222746 (8146 words)

	South America - MSN Encarta
		The oldest and most stable structural element of the continent is the shield area of the Brazilian Highlands and Guiana Highlands of the east and north-east.
		Fossils found in the Brazilian Highlands offer evidence of continental drift, indicating that in the Permian period the continent was linked to Gondwanaland, a great land mass incorporating Africa and Asia.
		In the Brazilian Highlands, the greatest relief occurs in mountains that lie along the eastern coast, in many places rising abruptly from the sea.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761574914/South_America.html (960 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Brazilian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Recognizing that Brazilian independence from Portugal was inevitable, Pedro I led the revolt himself (1822) and then governed the new Brazilian monarchy under...
		Myths of pacification: Brazilian frontier settlement and the subjugation of the Bororo Indians.
		Brazilian designers: find their place in the world; Brazil's jewelry industry, hot on the heels of its fashion industry, is setting its sights on the global marketplace.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Brazilian&StartAt=51 (904 words)

	SOUTH AMERICA - LoveToKnow Article on SOUTH AMERICA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		North of the present Amazon valley and occupying the present highlands of Guiana, north-east Brazil, and south-east Venezuela was another one of these old land areasa large island or a group of islands.
		But through the highlands of Brazil from near Pernambuco west there was a broad sound containing many islands extending to the base of the Andes and possibly connecting with the Pacific Ocean.
		In 1693 gold was found in the highlands of Brasil, and within a few years Minas Geraes (General Mines),as the miningdistrict was called, came to be the leading gold-producing region of the world, The mines reached their greatest productiveness between 1752 and 1761, when the annual yield was worth about six million dollars.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SO/SOUTH_AMERICA.htm (6051 words)

	South America: World of Earth Science
		The Eastern highlands and plateaus are the oldest geological region of South America, and are thought to have bordered on the African continent at one time, before the motion of the earth's crust and continental drift separated the continents.
		The Patagonian Highlands are in the south, in Argentina.
		The highlands mostly have the appearance of flat tablelands, which are cut by deep rifts, and clefts that drain them; these steep river valleys are often inaccessible.
	science.enotes.com /earth-science/south-america (3673 words)

	BACC / THE ORIGINAL BRAZILIAN TRAVEL / BACC TRAVEL
		Brazilian flora can be divided into 10 groups: the Amazon rainforest, the Atlantic rainforest, caatinga, pantanal, cerrado, campos, mata de araucária, mata de cocais, mangue and restinga.
		Tiradentes, one of the leaders of the Inconfidência Mineira, was sentenced to death and hanged in 1793.
		The contribution of the American people to the Brazilian society is noteworthy, as from 1867 to 1871 at least 3,000 Southern confederate families migrated to Brazil, fleeing from the hardship of the Southern reconstruction in the aftermath of the American Civil War.
	www.bacctravel.com /info_brazil.html (5316 words)

	Brazil brazil.htm
		A vast region of highlands, known as the Brazilian highlands or Brazilian plateau, and the basin of the Amazon River are the dominant physiographic features of Brazil.
		In the east central Brazilian uplands the climate is subtropical but, because of the higher altitudes, sharp diurnal variations of temperature occur and the nights are cool.
		A compromise was reached, however, when the Brazilian legislature amended the constitution in order to strip the presidency of most powers; executive authority was vested in a prime minister and cabinet who were responsible to the legislature.
	www.natlaw.com /pubs/spbrcs1.htm (8166 words)

	Guiana Highlands. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Geologically, the Guiana Highlands is a shield—a stable mass of Precambrian rock—and is related to the Brazilian Highlands.
		Large deposits of iron ore, manganese, and bauxite have been made accessible by new roads and railroads, but the enormous potential wealth of the highlands is still largely untapped because of the dense cover of vegetation.
		The highlands remains one of the world’s few frontiers although it is yielding to the development process that has transformed Santo Tomé de Guayana, Venezuela, into the region’s chief industrial center and the gateway to the interior.
	www.bartleby.com /65/gu/GuianaHi.html (379 words)

	Description of the Pantanal of Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay
		Roughly one-third of the basin is the complex and vast low-altitude floodplain known as the Pantanal, and two-thirds is the “Planalto” or highlands.
		By definition, the researchers consider the Brazilian Pantanal to be all of the continuous area inside the Upper Paraguay River Basin subjected to periodic flooding, and localized between Fazenda Barra do Ixu in the north (above Cáceres) and the confluence of the Apa River with the Paraguay River to the south (below Porto Murtinho).
		The Brazilian side, while more populated, also has a relatively low population density estimated at 30,000 to 300,000 inhabitants (including native Indian populations), depending upon how one is specifically delineating the region and which population centers are included.
	www.pantanal.org /pantdesc.htm (2015 words)

	Caatinga, Brazilian Highlands - Picture - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Caatinga, Brazilian Highlands - Picture - MSN Encarta
		The driest part of Brazil is the caatinga (from a native word meaning “white forest”) in the northeastern part of the country.
		Plants here are well adapted to the lack of water, shedding their leaves during the dry season in order to survive.
	encarta.msn.com /media_701610534_701509044_-1_1/Caatinga_Brazilian_Highlands.html (51 words)

	World and I Magazine - Pantanal: Land of the Great Heartbeat
		The population of the Brazilian side is variously estimated at 30,000 to 300,000 inhabitants (including native Indians), depending upon how the region is delineated and what population centers are included.
		Fires of human origin are particularly prevalent in the Brazilian Pantanal and highlands during September and October; they are set by ranchers to clear off old pasturage to bring up tender, green shoots for the cattle or as an easy (and snake-free) means of clearing the land for agriculture.
		However, the increasing population in the Brazilian highlands and the Pantanal has resulted in increased problems of sedimentation and erosion.
	www.worldandi.com /specialreport/pantanal/pantanal.html (3234 words)

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		The Brazilian economy is one of the eighth largest in the world, with a GNP of US$ 1,148 billion (source: The World Bank, 1999, PPP method) and a per capita income of US$ 6,840.
		The two oil crises in the 70s and 80s had a direct impact in the Brazilian economy, then largely dependent on foreign oil, with serious economic repercussions which were to last, in one way or another, for the better part of the 80s.
		The contribution of the American people to the Brazilian society is noteworthy, as from 1867 to 1871 at least 3,000 Southern confederate families migrated to Brazil, fleeing from the hardship of the Southern reconstruction in the aftermath of the American Civil War.
	www.brasilny.org /turismo/fast_facts_about_brazil.htm (5138 words)

	Brazilian Highlands (from Brazil) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		In Brazil the highlands are often called the Planalto Central (Central Highlands, or Central Plateau), but that term may be limited to the part of the highlands around Brasília and Goiás.
		The Brazilian Highlands are characterized by low mountains, hilly uplands, and tabular plateaus.
		Sweeping from Newfoundland to Alabama, the Appalachian Highlands dominate the landscape of the Eastern seaboard.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=25062 (968 words)

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		The nation's natural beauty is reflected in a wide variety of geographic locations, from the distinctive dome shape of Sugar Loaf Mountain in the city of Rio de Janeiro, to the magnificent Iguaçu Falls in the far south, to the strange limestone formations in the state of Minas Gerais.
		The highlands separate Brazil's inland regions from a narrow coastal plain that stretches from Ceará in the Northeast to the Uruguayan border in the south.
		These highlands form a major drainage divide, separating rivers that flow south into the Amazon Basin from rivers that empty into the Orinoco river system of Venezuela to the north.
	www.all-inclusive-travel.com /Tourism/Brazil.htm (6374 words)

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		Hugging and backslapping are common among Brazilians, but they will usually refrain from using these gestures with foreigners, who may not be as receptive to this kind of contact.
		North of the Amazon are the Guiana Highlands, partly forested, partly stony desert.
		The Brazilian Highlands of the interior, between the Amazon and the rivers of the south, form a vast tableland, the Mato Grosso, from which rise mountains in the southwest, that form a steep protective barrier from the coast called the Great Escarpment, breached by deeply cut river beds.
	www.camilasaunier.com /Brazilian_Culture.html (1106 words)

	World InfoZone - Brazil Information - Page 1
		The Amazon basin has a tropical climate with high temperatures, rainfall and humidity.The Brazilian Highlands in the South and South East along the Atlantic coast are cooler and drier, having frequent frosts and snow.
		Fourteen Brazilian cities have populations of over 1 million, and São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro are two of the world's largest cities with populations of more than 20 million and 12 million respectively.
		In the 1960s and early 1970s the average Brazilian woman had 6.4 children and now are estimated to have 2.3 children.
	www.worldinfozone.com /country.php?country=Brazil (1403 words)

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		Brazil has the world's second largest Christian population (151 million, behind that of the United States), and also is the world's largest Roman Catholic-majority nation in terms of both number of adherents and land mass — a strong cultural legacy left behind by the Roman Catholic Portuguese colonists.
		The highest peak is the Pico da Neblina(Myst's Peak) reckoning 3,014 metres (9,735 ft) of altitude, in Guiana's highlands.
		Major rivers include the Amazon, the largest river in the world in flowing water volume, and the second-longest in the world; the Paraná and its major tributary, the Iguaçu River, where the impressive Iguaçu falls are located; the Negro, São Francisco, Xingu, Madeira and the Tapajós rivers.
	www.onlinefx.co.uk /fx/Stores/OnlineFX/destinationguide/brazil.asp (779 words)

	Araucaria angustifolia description
		We analysed the population structure of Brazilian pine, the vegetation architecture, the light regime experienced by seedlings and the height growth of seedlings and sprouts.
		Brazilian pine colonisation and regeneration were observed in the Pinus and Araucaria plantations, respectively.
		Tolerance to shading and other aspects of the species indicate that Brazilian pine is not strictly heliophyllous and pioneer and is able to be established in the forest understorey.
	www.conifers.org /ar/ar/angustifolia.html (1948 words)

	Brazil
		which are heavily forested and the uplands of the Brazilian Highlands which are for the most part open.
		The Brazilian highlands, also an important geographical feature, include an eroded plateau, irregular mountains and river valleys.
		Brazilian literature tried to be very original and nationalistic after 1822 when it received its independence.
	daphne.palomar.edu /marguello_students/Fall_2003/005987620/Brazil_Report.htm (954 words)

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		These interior plains, the Amazon basin, are bounded by the Andes Mountains on the west, the Brazilian Highlands on the south and east, and the Guiana Highlands to the north.
		The Brazilian Highlands to the south and east â” formed of ancient crystalline rock and covering 580,000 square miles â” is primarily arid savannah consisting of scrub forest and grasslands.
		To the north and east of the Paranean region, and forming the eastern boundary of Amazonia (the Brazilian Highlands), is the East Brazilian ichthyofaunal region, characterized by smaller rivers that flow eastward to the Atlantic coast.
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	Profile of Brazil
		The main physical features of Brazil are the Brazilian Highlands in the southeast; the Amazon River Basin of impenetrable forested lowlands, swamps, and flood plains; and the Guiana Highlands in the extreme northwest.
		Brazilian forests provide immense timber reserves and are a potential source for pharmaceutical products.
		Vegetation is less dense in the highlands, giving way to cacti and other spiny plants in dry sections of the plateau region; coniferous trees thrive in temperate areas.
	www.xaviermissionaries.org /M_Life/WorldPlaces/Americas/Bra_Prof.htm (463 words)

	Federal Republic of Brazil
		A vast region of high lands, called the Brazilian Highlands, and the Amazon Basin are the main topographical characteristics of the country.
		The region of highlands is an eroded plateau; most of the south-eastern half of Brazil is covered by shield.
		As a result, it is easy to understand that the major constraint on Brazilian decentralization policy is the lack of capacity of local governments and civil society organizations.
	www.ciesin.org /decentralization/English/CaseStudies/brazil.html (1305 words)

	IB 320 Country Report - Brazil
		Studying the Brazilian people is extremely interesting and fun due to the diversity which exists among them and the impact they have on the rest of the world.
		The Brazilians are proud of their language and are offended when visitors do not try to learn simple phrases like, "hi" and, "how are you?".
		The Brazilian Highlands are south east of the Amazon and north east of the River Plate Basin, form a tableland, with mountain ranges rising from it.
	www.idbsu.edu /ibp/ib320s96/brazil.htm (5548 words)

	Brazil Geography
		The highest mountains are in the Tumucumaque, Pacaraima, and Imeri ranges, among others, which traverse the northern border with the Guianas and Venezuela.
		Below their descent from the highlands, many of the tributaries of the Amazon are navigable.
		Although 90 percent of the country is within the tropical zone, the climate of Brazil varies considerably from the mostly tropical North (the equator traverses the mouth of the Amazon) to temperate zones below the Tropic of Capricorn (23°27' S latitude), which crosses the country at the latitude of the city of São Paulo.
	www.nationbynation.com /Brazil/Geo.html (947 words)

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		Geographically Venezuela is a land of vivid contrasts, with four major divisions: the Venezuelan highlands, the coastal lowlands, the basin of the Orinoco River, and the Guiana Highlands.
		Densely populated, the highland region is the political and commercial hub of the nation.
		South of the “corner” of Brazil, the characteristic pattern of S Brazilian geography becomes notable: the narrow and interrupted coastal lowlands are bordered on the west by an escarpment, which in some places reaches the sea.
	www.soils.agri.umn.edu /academics/classes/soil4505/doc/unit9sam.htm (5818 words)

	brazil2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Brazil may be divided physio-graphically into numerous upland and lowland regions, but the Amazon River Basin in the north and the Brazilian Highlands, or Plateau, in the south so dominate the landscape that all other important areas are defined by their relationship to these two features.
		Just west of the narrow coastal rain forests, at the highest elevations of the Brazilian Highlands, there are semi-deciduous forests, and the greater part of the interior highlands is a mixture of scrubby deciduous woodland and savanna.
		The Brazilian population is characterized by its rapid growth, its youth, its diverse origins and its geographic mobility.
	www.fuchsias-in-focus.co.uk /brazil2.htm (2531 words)

	BRAZIL TRAVEL - PANTANAL
		The "Pantanal" is an enormous intercontinental bay, delimited by the Brazilian Highlands to the east, the Mato Grosso Plains to the north, and also by a chain of hills and highlands on the bottom of the Andes, to the west.
		Therefore it might be considered a large internal delta, where the waters of the higher Paraguay River, and a large number of rivers that descend from the Highlands, accumulate.
		This way, in the lakes, the microflora and microfauna allow the developement of rich populations of "arua" snails (Brazilian anphibious molusc, Pomacea, Marisa and others) and shells (Anodontides, Castalia and others), which sustain a variety of predators of these moluscs, such as birds and reptiles.
	www.braziliantravel.com /hotel/About/Pantanal/index.htm (1419 words)

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