Brazil's Geography

Brazil is located in Eastern South America and boarders the Atlantic Ocean. Also, Brazil is home to the second largest river in the world, the Amazon river. It starts at the top of the Andes Mts. and flows 4,000 miles through Brazil and into the Atlantic Ocean. It supports a large variety of wildlife like the largest dolphin in the world, the anaconda, and piranhas.

Brazil is also home to the biggest forest in the world, the Amazon rain forest. It has more then 1.2 billion acres of land and it is located in nine different countries. 60% of the forest is located in Northern Brazil. During the rainy season the forest can get up to 120 inches of rainfall. Also, It’s home to 2.5 million insect species, and 2000 birds and mammals. The downfall of this rainforest is that it's one of the most endangered places in the world.

Brazil has minerals ranging from iron ore to diamonds and oil. Brazil is known for its energy and it is ranked 12th in the world for electricity consumption and 11th for electricity production. 75% of the energy is produced by hydroelectric plants. Brazil's soil produces 70 million tons of grain crops per year. The early Portuguese said that the soil was fertile and that they could plant anything in it. Even though people believed this, it’s not totally true. It has soil that will support some crops but not others. 

Major industries in Brazil are iron and steel production, automobile assembly, petroleum processing, chemical production, and cement making. Traditional industries are the largest in Brazil.