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The Alto Tarauacá Extractive Reserve was created by decree on 8 November 2000 with an area of about 151,199.64 hectares (373,622.4 acres) to ensure sustainable exploitation and conservation of renewable natural resources traditionally used by extractive populations. [6] The reserve is classed as IUCN protected area category VI (protected area ...
The Falkland Current is not simply a surface current like the Brazil Current, but extends all the way to the sea floor. Typical temperatures for the current are around 6 °C, with a salinity of 33.5–34.5 psu. Water masses in confluence zone. There are a total of seven different water masses in the Brazil–Falkland Confluence Zone. These ...
A bathymetric chart is a type of isarithmic map that depicts the submerged bathymetry and physiographic features of ocean and sea bottoms. [ 1] Their primary purpose is to provide detailed depth contours of ocean topography as well as provide the size, shape and distribution of underwater features. Topographic maps display elevation above ...
4.6/sq mi (1.76/km 2) Time zone. UTC−5 ( ACT) Postal code. 69970. Area code. +55 (68) Tarauacá ( Portuguese pronunciation: [taɾɐwaˈka]) is a municipality located in the northwest of the Brazilian state of Acre. Tarauacá has a population of 43,151 people [ 2] and has an area 20,171 square kilometers (7,788 sq mi).
The country of Brazil occupies roughly half of South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean. Brazil covers a total area of 8,514,215 km 2 (3,287,357 sq mi) which includes 8,456,510 km 2 (3,265,080 sq mi) of land and 55,455 km 2 (21,411 sq mi) of water. The highest point in Brazil is Pico da Neblina at 2,994 m (9,823 ft).
Nordeste (socio-geographic division) The socio-geographic division of Nordeste ( Portuguese pronunciation: [nɔʁˈdɛstʃi], Northeast) is the oldest populated by Europeans (also with the oldest fossils that suggests human presence in Brazil) and currently the second most populous area of Brazil (42,822,100 in 1990).
Pico da Neblina ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpiku dɐ neˈblĩnɐ], Mist Peak) is the highest peak in Brazil, 2,995.3 metres (9,827 ft) above sea level, in the Serra da Neblina, part of the Serra do Imeri, a section of the Guiana Highlands on the Brazil-Venezuela border. As determined by a border survey expedition in 1962, its summit lies ...
Tarauacá River. / -6.695257; -69.764563. Tarauacá River ( Portuguese: Rio Tarauacá [taɾawaˈka]) is a river of Amazonas and Acre states in western Brazil. The Rio Tarauacá is a tributary of the Juruá River, which itself flows into the Amazon .