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Serra dos Três Irmãos. The Serra dos Três Irmãos State Ecological Station was created on 28 March 1990 with an area of about 99,813 hectares (246,640 acres). [1] Some land was taken from the Rio Vermelho State Forest. [2] An act of 30 June 2004 gave preliminary approval for implementation of the ecological station.
Serra dos Órgãos as seen from Teresópolis, 1885. Oil on canvas by Georg Grimm. The Serra dos Órgãos National Park was created on 30 November 1939 as the third national park in Brazil. [3] [a] The purpose of the park was to protect the headwaters of the rivers that flow into the Fluminense basin, and to protect the spectacular mountains.
The following page lists some power stations in Portugal. Cogeneration. Station District Coordinates Capacity Primary fuel ... Natural gas: 1999: Operational
The Pico dos Pireneus is the highest point of the region at 1,385 metres (4,544 ft). There is a small chapel dedicated to the Holy Trinity at its summit. Its slopes define the edge of the Central Plateau of Brazil, and it forms the divide between the Plata and Tocantins river basins.
The park is located in the Central-West region of Portugal defining the border between the Estremadura and Ribatejo provinces, and the Leiria and Santarém districts.It comprises part of the municipalities of Alcanena, Alcobaça, Batalha, Leiria, Ourém, Porto de Mós, Rio Maior, Santarém and Torres Novas.
Over a hundred employees at Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA, plus others in the oil ministry and parts of the public sector, have been forced to resign over their political views since last ...
Construction of a hydroelectric power plant in the municipality of Aiuruoca, within the Serra da Mantiqueira Environmental Protection Area and part of the Serra do Papagaio State Park, has caused outrage in the local community and environmentalists. It is part of a program to build 65 small hydroelectric plants in Brazil, including 33 in Minas ...
Serra dos Aimorés ("Botocudo mountain") is a mountainous area in eastern Brazil straddling the border between Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais. Its name derives from the Aimoré , an indigenous people who used to inhabit the area.