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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. 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]

  4. 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.

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

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    A colored lithograph by Karl Joseph Brodtmann of the Tijuca forest waterfall in the Tijuca National Park, Rio de Janeiro, circa 1830s. Tourists are sketching the view while locals work nearby.

  6. 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]

  7. Corcovado - Wikipedia

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    Corcovado (Portuguese pronunciation: [koʁkoˈvadu]) which means "hunchback" in Portuguese, [1] is a mountain in central Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a 710-metre (2,330-foot) granite peak located in the Tijuca Forest, a national park. Corcovado hill lies just west of the city center but is wholly within the city limits and visible from great ...

  8. Protected areas of Brazil - Wikipedia

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    Tijuca Forest National Park. Protected areas of Brazil included various classes of area according to the National System of Nature Conservation Units (SNUC), a formal, unified system for federal, state and municipal parks created in 2000.

  9. 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.

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