Overview
- Presents the physical space of Brazil to the world
- Colorful illustrations highlight the natural beauty of Brazil
- First book on the Brazilian natural environment in English
Part of the book series: Geography of the Physical Environment (GEOPHY)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
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).
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Physical Geography of Brazil
Book Subtitle: Environment, Vegetation and Landscape
Editors: André Augusto Rodrigues Salgado, Leonardo José Cordeiro Santos, Julio César Paisani
Series Title: Geography of the Physical Environment
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04333-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-04332-2Published: 13 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-04333-9Published: 29 January 2019
Series ISSN: 2366-8865
Series E-ISSN: 2366-8873
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 222
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 94 illustrations in colour
Topics: Physical Geography, Biogeosciences, Ecology, Hydrology/Water Resources, Environmental Geography, Area Studies