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Mato Grosso (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈmatu ˈɡɾosu] ⓘ – lit. ' Thick Bush ' ) is one of the states of Brazil , the third largest by area , located in the Central-West region. [4] The state has 1.66% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for 1.9% of the Brazilian GDP .
Mato Grosso, inland estado (state) of central Brazil. It is bounded on the northwest by the states of Rondônia and Amazonas, on the northeast by Pará, on the east by Tocantins and Goiás, on the south by Mato Grosso do Sul, and on the southwest and west by Bolivia.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
It is an ancient erosional plateau that occupies much of central Mato Grosso estado (state) and extends from the border of Goiás state westward to the Parecis Mountains, which lie near the Bolivian border.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Cuiabá (Portuguese pronunciation:) is the capital city of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. It is located near the geographical centre of South America. Also, it forms the metropolitan area of Mato Grosso, along with the neighbouring town of Várzea Grande.
Mato Grosso ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ ˈmatu ˈɡɾosu] ⓘ – lit. 'Thick Bush') is one of the states of Brazil, the third largest by area, located in the Central-West region. The state has 1.66% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for 1.9% of the Brazilian GDP.
Very Brazilian, in both its vastness and its frontier culture, the Mato Grosso region is essentially an enormous plain, home to the sprawling Pantanal swamp – the best place in Brazil for seeing wildlife, and one of the world’s largest wetlands – and rippled by a handful of small mountain ranges.
Mato Grosso is a state in the Central West of Brazil. The state is home of important landscapes of the Amazon and the Pantanal.
