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A recent global remote sensing analysis also suggested that there were 5,389 km 2 of tidal flats in Brazil, making it the 7th ranked country in terms of how much tidal flat occurs there. [4] The Parcel de Manuel Luís Marine State Park off the coast of Maranhão protects the largest coral reef in South America. [5] Topographic map of Brazil
Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world, and third largest in the Americas, with a total area of 8,515,767.049 km 2 (3,287,956 sq mi), [176] including 55,455 km 2 (21,411 sq mi) of water. North to South, Brazil is also the longest country in the world, spanning 4,395 km (2,731 mi) from north to south, [ 13 ] and the only country in the ...
A major part of its territory is made of an extensive plateau, old and flattened by erosion. Due to different physical characteristics, the region can be divided into four sub-regions: meio-norte, zona da mata, agreste and sertão. In the Socio-Geographic division of Brazil, parts of meio-norte are considered Amazônia Legal and not Nordeste.
The results, published by the scientific American Journal of Human Biology by a team of the Catholic University of Brasília, show that, in Brazil, physical indicators such as colour of skin, eyes and hair have little to do with the genetic ancestry of each person, which has been shown in previous studies (regardless of census classification). [31]
Brazil is the world's second-largest user of Twitter (at 41.2 million tweeters), and the largest market for YouTube outside the United States. [130] In 2012, average time spent on Facebook increased 208% while global use declined by 2%. [130] In 2013, Brazil ranked the second highest number of Facebook users globally at 65 million. [130]
Brazil had an official resident population of 203 million in 2022, according to IBGE. [4] Brazil is the seventh most populous country in the world and the second most populous in the Americas and Western Hemisphere. Brazilians are mainly concentrated in the eastern part of the country, which comprises the Southeast, South, and Northeast.
The results, published by the scientific magazine American Journal of Human Biology by a team of the Catholic University of Brasília, show that, in Brazil, physical indicators such as skin color, color of the eyes and color of the hair have little to do with the genetic ancestry of each person, which has been shown in previous studies ...
With a geographical area of 8.5 million km 2, Brazil is also the largest country in the Southern Hemisphere and the world's fifth-largest country. With over 206 million people, Brazil is the seventh-most-populous country in the world. [1] [2] It is the largest Lusophone country in the world, and the only one in the Americas. [2]