terça-feira, 9 de novembro de 2010

Central West - Brazil





This Region is right in the heart of Brazil, representing 18.86% of the national territory.

Here is located Brasilia, the Brazilian Capital.

A flat landscape, alternating great chapadas and plain areas, Mato Grosso presents three different ecosystems: cerrado, Pantanal and the amazon Rainforest. The vegetation of the open pasture covers 40% of the state and the National Park Chapada dos Guimarães, with its caves, grottos, tracks and water falls.

In the north is the Amazonian Rainforest, with a huge biodiversity.
The Xingu National Park and the river Araguaia are located here. Further south, the Pantanal, the world largest plain covered with water, is the habitat for almost a thousand species of animals, with many aquatic birds.


The Pantanal covers 12 municipalities and presents an enormous variety of plants and silvan animals, with forest, natural sand banks, savannahs, open pasture, fields and bushes.

The annual rainfall is 1.500 mm. January is the warmest month, with mean maxima of 34°C (93.2°F) and minima of 24°C (75.2°F) and more rain; July experiences the coldest temperatures, with mean maxima of 25°C (77°F) and minima of 15°C (59°F) and sun.

The most central of the Brazilian States and most populous of the region, Goiás presents a landscape of plateaus and chapadões. In the height of the draught, from June to September, the lack of rain makes the level of the River Araguaia go down and brigs up almost 2 km of beaches.

At the Emas National Park in the municipality of Chapadão do Céu, it is possible to observe the typical fauna and the flora from the region. At the Chapada dos Veadeiros the attractions are the Canyons, valleys, rapids and waterfalls.

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