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  2. Tijuca National Park - Wikipedia

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    The Tijuca National Park (Portuguese: Parque Nacional da Tijuca) is an urban national park in the mountains of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.The park is part of the Atlantic Forest Biosphere Preserve, [1] and is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio).

  3. List of mammals of Tijuca National Park - Wikipedia

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    There are at least 62 species of mammals known to occur in the Tijuca National Park in the city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. [1] Infraclass: Eutheria

  4. Christ the Redeemer (statue) - Wikipedia

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    The statue weighs 635 metric tons (625 long, 700 short tons), and is located at the peak of the 700-metre (2,300 ft) Corcovado mountain in the Tijuca National Park overlooking the city of Rio de Janeiro. This statue is the largest Art Deco–style sculpture in the world. [6]

  5. Vista Chinesa - Wikipedia

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    Tijuca National Park. Estrada da Vista Chinesa skirts the Mesa do Imperador viewpoint and at the Morro da Vista Chinesa (380m/1247ft) runs into Estrada Dona Castorina

  6. Pico da Tijuca - Wikipedia

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    The mountain is the most prominent peak of the Rio de Janeiro City urban zone. Pico da Tijuca is part of the 3,958.41 hectares (9,781.4 acres) Tijuca National Park protected area, established in 1961. There are stairs cut in the rock to reach the top of the peak. [3]

  7. How Black people saved Rio de Janeiro’s Tijuca forest - AOL

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    OPINION: Tijuca National Park is the largest urban rainforest in the world and the heart of Rio. Now, the little-known story of how six enslaved Black Brazilians helped save the land from complete ...

  8. Pedra da Gávea - Wikipedia

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    Located in the Tijuca Range, [5] Pedra da Gávea is 842 m (2,762 ft) tall, and is a granite dome. [3] The flat top of the mountain is capped with a 150 m tall layer of granite, whereas underneath, the mound is made up of gneiss. [6] [7] The former dates to around 450 million years ago, whereas the latter dates to 600 million years. [5]

  9. Geography of Rio de Janeiro - Wikipedia

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    Since 1961, the Tijuca National Park (Parque Nacional da Tijuca), the largest city-surrounded urban forest and the second largest urban forest in the world, has been a National Park. The largest urban forest in the world is the Floresta da Pedra Branca (White Rock Forest), which is located in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro.