{"id":140996,"date":"2024-11-04T22:22:52","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T16:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/?post_type=current-affairs&#038;p=140996"},"modified":"2024-11-06T12:23:20","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T06:53:20","slug":"location-based-brazil","status":"publish","type":"current-affairs","link":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/current-affairs\/location-based-brazil","title":{"rendered":"Brazil: Places in News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brazil has declined to join<\/span><b> China\u2019s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI),<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> making it the second BRICS member, after India, to opt out of the project.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>About Brazil<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-141338 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/66-672b1027d92be.webp\" alt=\"Brazil\" width=\"400\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/66-672b1027d92be.webp 596w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/66-672b1027d92be-287x300.webp 287w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Location &#038; Size: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brazil is located in central-eastern South America, is the<\/span><b> fifth largest country globally<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is positioned in the Northern, Southern, and Western hemispheres, <\/span><b>crossing both the Equator and Tropic of Capricorn.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Borders:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Brazil borders every South American country except <\/span><b>Chile and Ecuador.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It shares boundaries with Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Geography of Brazil:\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Brazilian Highlands:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Occupies eastern, central, and southern areas, including<\/span><b> Sao Paulo and Bras\u00edlia.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Amazon Rainforest: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Covers nearly<\/span><b> half of Brazil in the north,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> housing the Amazon River and rich biodiversity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Pantanal:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> One of the world\u2019s largest wetlands, located in the west.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Major Water Bodies:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Amazon River:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Second-longest river globally, flowing through the rainforest.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Sao Francisco River: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brazil\u2019s longest entirely domestic river, located in the northeast.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Iguacu River: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Site of the Itaipu Dam in the south.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Highest Point<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Pico da Neblina, at 2,999m (9,823ft), is Brazil\u2019s highest peak.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Coastline: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stretching about 7,491 km along the<\/span><b> Atlantic Ocean<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, featuring islands like Fernando de Noronha and the Abrolhos Islands.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"vc_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pw.live\/batches\/upsc\/pw-only-ias?utm_source=seo+upsc+batch&#038;utm_medium=seo+upsc&#038;utm_campaign=seo&#038;utm_id=upsc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enroll now for UPSC Online Classes<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>About Amazon River Basin<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Amazon River: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Largest river by discharge volume of water in the world.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Begins in the Andes Mountains <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and drains into the <\/span><b>Atlantic Ocean.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon basin is Part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Located in<\/span><b> Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most of the basin is covered by the Amazon Rainforest, also known as <\/span><b>Amazonia,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the largest rainforest in the world.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Basin is bordered by the Brazilian Highlands on the south and the Guyana Highlands on the north.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"vc_table_green\"><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100.043%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 130.811%; 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