The capital of the state of Ceará, Fortaleza, is a modern city and an important industrial center and market for agricultural products. The city is also a famous tourist destination thanks to its long beaches that have made it a popular seaside resort. Fortaleza has tens of kilometers of coastline on which there are 15 […]
The climate of the city of Salvador (Bahia) is tropical climate characterized by high temperatures, high humidity, and rainfall in each month of the year, without a marked dry season, but with high levels of precipitation in the winter and a smaller amount of rain in the summer. In Salvador fall, on average, more than […]
Salvador (Bahia) is one of the historical cities of Brazil. This city was founded in 1549 by the Portuguese and immediately became the capital of the colony of Brazil. For over two hundred years it remained the capital of the colony. Only in 1763 did it lose its status, in that year it was replaced […]
Brazil in terms of climate falls entirely within the tropical climate. Despite this, the country has some important differences between the various regions. This happens because of its extension from north to south, which varies between 5 degrees north and 34 degrees south. In fact, the Brazilian climate is characterized by 6 large climatic regions: […]
BRAZIL IN THE WORLD: ITS POSITION Brazil (República Federativa do Brasil/Federative Republic of Brazil) is a federal presidential republic. Situated roughly between the equator and the Tropic of Capricorn the country is washed to the east by the Atlantic Ocean and bordered to the north by Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and French Guyana, to the west […]
Bolivia climate varies dramatically between different regions of the country, although the whole Bolivian falls entirely in the tropical area, climate is affected greatly by differences in height and in precipitation. For example, the average annual temperature in La Paz, situated at 3,697 m, is about 8°C, while in the city of Trinidad in the […]
Bolivia (Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia/Plurinational State of Bolivia) is a presidential republic located in central-western South America. It is a landlocked country and bordered to the north and to the east by Brazil, to the south by Paraguay and Argentina and to the west by Chile and Peru. Squeezed between the Tropic of Capricorn and […]
Located in the north of Argentina. In the part of Argentine territory that is wedged between Paraguay and Brazil up to the Iguazu Falls. San Ignacio Miní was one of the many missions founded by the Jesuits in South America in the 17th century. At that time they founded about 30 missions in the territory […]
The Iguazu Falls are located in an area of tropical rainforest, characterized by frequent rains and high humidity of the air, the region’s climate is sub-tropical humid, and is divided into two distinct seasons, the hot and wet summer season from October to March, and the winter season relatively dry and fresh, from May to September. The […]
The Iguazú Falls are located along the border between Brazil and Argentina. These waterfalls are formed by the river of the same name, which creates one of the natural wonders of planet Earth. The Brazilian part of the falls is located in the Brazilian state of Paraná. While the Argentine one is in the province […]
The Argentine side of the Iguazu Falls is located in the northeast of the Argentine province of Misiones, along the border with Brazil, 17 kilometers from Puerto Iguazú. To preserve the sub-tropical forest around the falls and the falls themselves, two national parks have been created, Parque Nacional Iguazú in Argentina and Parque Nacional do […]
Due to the large extension of the country from north to south, and to the different altitudes of the various regions of the country, the climate of Argentina is very varied. Most of the country has a temperate climate, while the far north has tropical climate and the sub-polar far south. CLIMATE OF THE NORTH […]
Argentina (República Argentina/Argentine Republic) is a federal presidential republic situated between the Tropic of Capricorn and 55° latitude south. It extends in the north-south direction for about 3,700 km in the southern part of South America. It is washed to the south-east by the Atlantic Ocean and borders to the west with Chile, to the […]
The climate of Venezuela varies greatly in relation to altitude, the country has a series of climates that vary from humid tropical to alpine. Temperatures do not vary much, but the factor that causes the difference between the types of climate in addition to altitude is humidity. The areas below 800 meters above sea level […]
Venezuela (República Bolivariana de Venezuela/Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) is a federal presidential republic located north of the equator in the northern part of South America. It is washed to the north by the Caribbean Sea and it borders to the west with Colombia, to the south with Brazil and to the east with Guyana. Caracas, the […]