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Maraú is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil. [2] [3] The municipality is located in a peninsula called "Península de Maraú", physiographic area called "Região Cacaueira" (cocoa region). The city is rich in minerals, especially oil shale gypsum and oil.
Maranhão (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [maɾɐˈɲɐ̃w] ⓘ) is a state in Brazil.Located in the country's Northeast Region, it has a population of about 7 million and an area of 332,000 km 2 (128,000 sq mi) and it is divived into 217 municipalities.
Satellite image of the mouths of the Amazon River in Brazil, with the Marajó Archipelago in the center (2006). The Marajó Archipelago (Portuguese: arquipélago do Marajó) is the largest fluvial-maritime archipelago on Earth. Located in the Brazilian states of Amapá and Pará, the island group has approx. 2,500 islands. [1] [2]
Marajó (Portuguese pronunciation: [maɾaˈʒɔ]) is a large coastal island in the state of Pará, [1] Brazil. It is the main and largest of the islands in the Marajó Archipelago . Marajó Island is separated from the mainland by Marajó Bay , Pará River , smaller rivers (especially Macacos and Tajapuru), Companhia River, Jacaré Grande River ...
In Brazil, protected areas are known as conservation units, and those in the Cerrado account for 19% of all units in the country. While a 2017 assessment found that 433,581 km 2 , or 23%, of the ecoregion is in protected areas, in total, these registered conservation units make up roughly 17.96 Mha of land, which represents about 9% of the ...
Lençóis Maranhenses National Park (Parque Nacional dos Lençóis Maranhenses [a]) is a national park in Maranhão state in northeastern Brazil, just east of the Baía de São José. Protected on June 2, 1981, the 155,000 ha (380,000-acre) park includes 70 km (43 mi) of coastline, and an interior composed of rolling sand dunes.
São Luís (Brazilian Portuguese: [sɐ̃w luˈis]; "Saint Louis") is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Maranhão.The city is located on Upaon-açu Island or Ilha de São Luís, in the Baía de São Marcos (Saint Mark's Bay), an extension of the Atlantic Ocean which forms the estuary of Pindaré, Mearim, Itapecuru and other rivers.
São Marcos Bay and São Luís. São Luís Island also known as Upaon-açu Island (officially) or Maranhão Island is an island in the state of Maranhão, Brazil [1] with an area of 1,412.4 km 2 (545 sq mi), located between the Baía de São Marcos [2] and the Baía de São José.