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20 hours ago · Brazil, country of South America that occupies half the continent’s landmass. It is the fifth largest country in the world, exceeded in size only by Russia, Canada, China, and the United States, though its area is greater than that of the 48 conterminous U.S. states.
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Brazil - Culture, Diversity, Music: The cultures of the...
- Rio De Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, city and port, capital of the estado (state)...
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Brazil - Economy, Agriculture, Trade: Brazil is one of the...
- Kubitschek's Administration
Brazil - Kubitschek, Economy, Infrastructure: Vice President...
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São Francisco River, major river of eastern South America....
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Brazil - Forestry, Amazon, Rainforest: The South and...
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Brazil, with its extensive river systems and plentiful...
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Brazil - Independence, Portuguese, Empire: Brazil entered...
- The Collapse of The Empire
Brazil - Empire Collapse, Portuguese Rule, Abolition: Brazil...
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Brazil - Shipping, Ports, Trade: Brazilian coastal shipping...
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1 day ago · The basic geographical subregions are North America, Central America, the Caribbean and South America; the latter contains further politico-geographical subdivisions such as the Southern Cone, the Guianas and the Andean states.
5 days ago · note 1: largest country in South America and in the Southern Hemisphere; shares common boundaries with every South American country except Chile and Ecuador; most of the Pantanal, the world's largest tropical wetland, extends through the west central part of the country; shares Iguaçu Falls (Iguazú Falls), the world's largest waterfalls ...
1 day ago · Colombia, [b] officially the Republic of Colombia, [c] is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east and northeast, Brazil to the southeast, Ecuador and Peru to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the ...
1 day ago · Colombia, country of northwestern South America. Its 1,000 miles (1,600 km) of coast to the north are bathed by the waters of the Caribbean Sea, and its 800 miles (1,300 km) of coast to the west are washed by the Pacific Ocean.
1 day ago · Chile, country situated along the western seaboard of South America. A long, narrow country, it extends approximately 2,700 miles and has an average width of just 110 miles. It is bounded on the north by Peru and Bolivia, on the east by Argentina, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.
2 days ago · During the late Eocene, around 35 mya, Antarctica and South America separated and South America became a massive, biologically rich island-continent. During approximately 30 million years, the biodiversity of South America was isolated from the rest of the world, leading to the evolution of species within the continent.
