The Physical Geography of Brazil

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • André Augusto Rodrigues Salgado, Leonardo José Cordeiro Santos, Julio César Paisani

   Pages 1-6

3. Pampa: The South Brazil

   • Roberto Verdum, Lucimar de Fátima dos Santos Vieira, Jean Carlo Gessi Caneppele, Sidnei Luís Bohn Gass

   Pages 7-20

4. Subtropical Araucaria Plateaus

   • Julio César Paisani, Leonardo José Cordeiro Santos, Gabriela Goudard, Adriano Ávila Goulart, Vitor Hugo Rosa Biffi

   Pages 21-39

5. Atlantic Tropical Brazil

   • Luciana Hiromi Yoshino Kamino, Éric Andrade Rezende, Leonardo José Cordeiro Santos, Miguel Fernandes Felippe, Wellington Lopes Assis

   Pages 41-73

6. Pantanal: The Brazilian Wetlands

   • Marcos Norberto Boin, Patrícia Cristina Statella Martins, Charlei Aparecido da Silva, André Augusto Rodrigues Salgado

   Pages 75-91

7. Semi-humid: The Landscape of Central Brazil

   • André Augusto Rodrigues Salgado, Wellington Lopes Assis, Antônio Pereira Magalhães Júnior, Flávio Fonseca do Carmo, Michael Vinícius de Sordi, Fábio Soares de Oliveira

   Pages 93-117

8. The Semi-arid Domain of the Northeast of Brazil

   • Antonio Carlos de Barros Corrêa, Bruno de Azevêdo Cavalcanti Tavares, Daniel Rodrigues de Lira, Demétrio da Silva Mutzenberg, Lucas Costa de Souza Cavalcanti

   Pages 119-150

9. The Cocais Forest Landscape

   • Helen Nébias Barreto, Claudia Klose Parise, Eduardo Bezerra de Almeida Jr.

   Pages 151-167

10. Amazonia

    • Guilherme Taitson Bueno, Luís Felipe Soares Cherem, Fabiano Toni, Felipe Silva Guimarães, Maximiliano Bayer

    Pages 169-197

11. Natural Landscapes Along Brazilian Coastline

    • Guilherme Borges Fernandez, Thais Baptista da Rocha, Eduardo Guimarães Barboza, Sergio Rebello Dillenburg, Maria Luiza Correa da Camara Rosa, Rodolfo José Angulo et al.

    Pages 199-218

12. Back Matter

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This book presents the Brazilian natural space and environment. It describes the main environmental aspects of Brazil in relation to geology, climate, geomorphology, vegetation, fauna, water resources and environmental issues. 

The book presents a beautifully illustrated overview of the physical geography of the Amazon Forest, the central Brazilian savannah (Cerrado), the Cocais Forest, the semi-arid area (Caatinga), the Atlantic Forest area, the Pantanal (Brazilian wetlands), the Auraucárias Plateau, the Pampas area (South grasslands) and the Brazilian Coastal Environment (beaches and mangroves).

• Brazilian natural space
• Amazon forest
• Amazonian Savannah
• Atlantic forest area
• Brazilian wetlands
• South grasslands
• Brazilian coastal environment
• Environmental Geography
• area studies

• Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

  André Augusto Rodrigues Salgado

• Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil

  Leonardo José Cordeiro Santos

• Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), State University of Western Paraná, Francisco Beltrão, Brazil

  Julio César Paisani

André Augusto Rodrigues Salgado is Bachelor and M.Sc. in Geography (Federal University of Minas Gerais/Brazil). He is Ph.D. in Geology (Federal University of Ouro Preto/Brazil) and in Geosciences (Aix-Marseille University/France). He is Professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais and researcher at the CNPq/Brazil (National Counsel of Technological and Scientific Development). Currently vice-president and ex-president of the Brazilian Geomorphology Union (UGB).

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