Brazil is located in South America and is bordered by every country on the continent except Chile and Ecuador. It has over 8.5 million square kilometers of land and long coastline on the Atlantic Ocean. Brazil has a large and diverse economy and is rich in natural resources like iron, oil, ethanol and agriculture. The country can be divided into five main geographic regions including the northern and central highlands, the Amazon River basin, the Pantanal wetlands, and the southern highlands.

1. Geography & Demographics

2.  Located in South America
 Bordered on the east by the
Atlantic Ocean where it has
4,654 miles of coastline
 It is south of Venezuela,
Guyana and Suriname,
southeast of Colombia, east of
Bolivia and Peru, northeast of
Argentina and Paraguay, and
north of Uruguay
 Shares a border with all
but two countries in
South America.
 Except Chile and
Ecuador.
 The Geographic
Coordinates of Brazil is
15.7833° S, 47.8667° W.


3.  The country of Brazil occupies
roughly half of South America,
bordering the Atlantic Ocean.
Brazil covers a total area of
8,514,215km2(3,287,357 sq m)
which includes 8,456,510 km2
(3,265,080 sq mi) of land.
 Brazil is the largest country in
south America.
 Brazil is the fifth largest country
in the world; in terms of
population (186 million in 2005)
as well as land area.
 Brazil has one of the largest
economies in the Americas and
is the largest in South America
 Largest Portuguese speaking
country.

4. Bauxite, gold, iron ore ,manganese,
nickel,phosphates,platinum,tin,rare,
uranium,petroleum,hydropower
and timber.
With its ideal agricultural climate,
Brazil boasts a healthy export trade
in coffee, sugar, soya beans, textiles
and electrical equipment.
The country is rich in ethanol, ore, iron,
gemstones, steel and oil. Recent
discoveries of oil sources that could
potentially hold more than 9 billion
barrels of oil is helping to confirm
Brazil as a major new oil exploration
frontier.
Green fuels, such as bio-diesel and
ethanol made from sugar cane, is a
growing industry where Brazil is
expected to become a major leader
in world markets.

5.  Brazil is divided into
five primary geographic
areas: the northern
Guiana Highlands;
Brazilian Highlands (or
plateau) central and east;
the massive Amazon
RiverBasin;Pantanalwet
land areas of the
southwest, and the
Southern Highlands - to
the west and south of
Curitiba.

6.  The Brazilian Highlands are covered by low
mountain ranges and forested river valleys. From
Rio de Janeiro - north to Fortaleza, a series of
higher mountain ranges form a natural barrier
between the Atlantic Ocean and the country's
interior.
 The Pantanal is the world's largest freshwater
wetland, a seasonally flooded plain fed by the
tributaries of many rivers. For size comparison, it's
almost 10 times the size of the Florida Everglades.

7.  The Amazon is the world's largest tropical rain
forest. It's drained by the huge Amazon River, and
more than 200 of its tributaries - with more than a
dozen of those tributaries being on (The Longest
Rivers of the World) list. The Sao Francisco is the
longest river completely within Brazil's borders.
 he Guiana Highlands, a relatively flat-topped
mountainous area covered by rain forest, stretches
across much of northern South America. It's home
to many of the planet's most spectacular waterfalls,
and Brazil's highest point.