agriculture and rural use of land
- Total Area: 8,514,877 sq km
- Land Area: 8,459,417 sq km
- Water Area: 55,460 sq km
- Climate: Brazil has a mostly tropical climate. It is also very humid except for the northeastern area which is known as the drought quadrilateral. It is known to be very hot since it is near the equator. However, it becomes more temperate as you pass the Tropic of Capricorn. In the Amazon area, their is heavy rainfall unlike in the Northeast of Brazil.
- Terrain: Mostly flat land with some hills and mountains like the Serra do Mar range. There are also plains as well as a narrow coastline. There are eight major lakes that drain into the Atlantic Ocean.
- Arable Land Use: 8.45%
- Permanent Crop Land Use: 0.83%
- Irrigated Land: 54,000 sq km
- Renewable Water Resources: 8,233 cu km
- Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 58.07 cu km/yr
- Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 306 cu m/yr
- Natural Hazards: Recurring droughts in northeast; floods and occasional frost in south.
- Environmental Current Issues: deforestation in Amazon Basin destroys the habitat and endangers a multitude of plant and animal species indigenous to the area; there is a lucrative illegal wildlife trade; air and water pollution in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, and several other large cities; land degradation and water pollution caused by improper mining activities; wetland degradation; severe oil spills
- Total Labor Force: 105.7 million
- % of Labor Force in Agriculture: 15.7%
- Agricultural Products: coffee, soybeans, wheat, rice, corn, sugarcane, cocoa, citrus; beef
Captions and Sources:
Top Left: Coffee beans is a very important crop in Brazil. It is traded all around the world for the production of coffee.
http://www.indianagrain.com/blog/brazil-climate-change-threatens-top-coffee-crop
Top Middle: Plantation farming is a big form of agriculture in Brazil where they produce mass production of crops such as coffee and soybeans.
http://environmentalgeography.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/breakfast-of-biodiversity-ch-6-11/
Top Right: This map shows the different crops spread out into different regions of Brazil.
http://www.picstopin.com/359/this-programs-changes-the-tyre-coolingheating-speed/http:%7C%7Cfiles*lfs-tweak*com%7CLFS_Z28_Tyres_Cooling_Hack*jpg/
Bottom Left: Deforestation problems in Brazil to create more area for agriculture.http://www.folhapontaldoparana.com.br/Conteudo-Folha_Pontal_do_Parana/842/instituto_ambiental_interrompe_desmatamento_de_100_mil_m%C2%B2_no_litoral_d
Bottom Middle: Cattle Ranching in Brazil.
http://radiover.com.mx/n.php?id=66457
Top Left: Coffee beans is a very important crop in Brazil. It is traded all around the world for the production of coffee.
http://www.indianagrain.com/blog/brazil-climate-change-threatens-top-coffee-crop
Top Middle: Plantation farming is a big form of agriculture in Brazil where they produce mass production of crops such as coffee and soybeans.
http://environmentalgeography.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/breakfast-of-biodiversity-ch-6-11/
Top Right: This map shows the different crops spread out into different regions of Brazil.
http://www.picstopin.com/359/this-programs-changes-the-tyre-coolingheating-speed/http:%7C%7Cfiles*lfs-tweak*com%7CLFS_Z28_Tyres_Cooling_Hack*jpg/
Bottom Left: Deforestation problems in Brazil to create more area for agriculture.http://www.folhapontaldoparana.com.br/Conteudo-Folha_Pontal_do_Parana/842/instituto_ambiental_interrompe_desmatamento_de_100_mil_m%C2%B2_no_litoral_d
Bottom Middle: Cattle Ranching in Brazil.
http://radiover.com.mx/n.php?id=66457