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2013 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
50. Brasil
verfasst von : C. J. Campbell
Erschienen in: Campbell's Atlas of Oil and Gas Depletion
Verlag: Springer New York
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Abstract
Brasil is the largest country in South America, covering some 8.5 million kms2 and supporting a population of about 197 million. Mountain ranges of moderate relief form the northern boundary with Venezuela, giving way to the vast rain forests of the Amazon basin. To the south, lie extensive dissected tablelands of forest and grass. Most of the population is concentrated along the Atlantic littoral, where the largest city, Sao Paulo, with about 20 million inhabitants, and Rio de Janeiro, the former capital, are located. Brasilia is a purpose-built modern capital at an altitude of 1,000 m in the south of the country. It became the seat of government in 1960, and now houses a population of about two million.