The Amazon Basin (Brazil)

The Amazon Basin (Brazil)
By: Christopher Oancea
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The Amazon Basin sketch
• Brazil has a tropical climate with temperatures of
more than 26 degrees. The Amazon Basin
receives between 1000 to 2000 mm of rain each
year. Most of this rainfall occurs between
October and March. The Amazon Basin has an
equatorial climate which is not suitable for
Physical agriculture this area is covered by tropical red
Characteristics soils which are heavily leached and infertile
which means that you cannot grow crops.
Approximately 2000 to 3000 mm of rain falls
each year causing soil erosion and flooding.
Soils
• The South East is covered by Terra Rossa soils

this is dark in color and rich in minerals. It is
well drained and fertile. Coffee trees are
grown in this area along the River Valleys.
Alluvial soils are also present due to annual
flooding. Because of the tropical climate Brazil
has high temperatures and a year-round
growing season. Farmers can grow a variety of
crops including coffee and soya. Cattle
ranching, occurs inland. This is extensive
farming; extensive farming is one in which
more and more land is brought under
cultivation to increase the output produced.
• Brazilian coffee industry thrives because it
has the perfect physical features for it;
tropical climate, absence of frost, deep
well-drained soils, humid conditions and
high altitude.
• Large parts of Brazil have deep well-drained

terra rosa soil and high lands ,provide the
correct altitude for coffee.
Farming, • Brazil a predominantly tropical country famous
for its extensive Amazon lowlands, however,
fishing and highlands cover most of the natural territory. The
main primary activities are agriculture, forestry
Mining and mining.
Agriculture
• Agriculture is worth about 25% of Brazil's

GDP. The EU buys roughly 42% of Brazil's
agricultural export like coffee and sugar.
Europe has no other way of getting these
resources .
• Farming: Effective crop rotations are put

in place to keep soil fertile. Corn, soya
and sugar are Brazil's main crops;
Argentina and Brazil provide half of the
world's soybeans and scientists have
developed them to grow in Savanna
areas of Brazil's interior.
Farming and Minerals
• Sugar cane production employs over 900,000 people in Brazil. 50% of
it is used to produce a biofuel called ethanol which is used instead of
petrol. 90% is grown in south-center Brazil. Brazil holds over 32% of
the world market for coffee. In 2010 it was worth €96 billion for the
economy. Production is controlled by multinational companies like
Nestlé.
• Brazil has a wide range of minerals (diamonds, iron ore, gold). Bahia
also produces ¹/4 million tons of copper concentrate. Two large oil
fields have been discovered off the coast of Rio de Janeiro.
Fishing areas in Brazil
• The Rio Negro in the Amazon is famed for its

peacock bass and catfish. There are swordfish off
the coast of Rio Grande Do Norte and tuna in the
south, as well as sail fish and marlin. Spear fishing is
also possible in many areas.
• The Pantanal and Amazon regions both have
piranha. Fishing for piranha is a popular activity for
many tourists passing through these regions.
• In the mid 20th century, trout were introduced to
the mountainous region between the states of Rio
de Janeiro and São Paulo.
• Brazil has a developing economy. The
government of the country has encouraged
Manufacturing
multinational manufacturing companies to invest
into Brazil.
Foreign investment
• Companies like Ford, Volkswagen and General Motors have long-

established assembly plants in Brazil.
• China is now part of a major trading partner with Brazil, the famous
Chery International, the Chinese car maker, has opened a car assembly
plant in Brazil.
• The question that we are asking are self is, Why Brazil?
Why Set Up Your Business in
Brazil?
• The Manufacturing sectors of Paraná, Minas

Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul,
and Espírito Santo are increasingly
offsetting the industrial strength of São
Paulo, which alone produces nearly two-
fifths of Brazil’s manufactured goods.
Generally speaking, Brazil’s factories are not
large; only a few employ a hundred or more
workers. As it might be expected, the
largest firms are in the Southeast, followed
by the South.
World Supplier
• Since the mid-20th century Brazil has been a major world supplier
of automobiles, producing nearly two million vehicles per year. Other major
manufactures include electrical machinery, paints, soaps, medicines, chemicals,
aircraft, steel, food products, and paper. Brazil has been a major producer
of textiles, clothing, and footwear since the early 19th century.
• Brazil has the sixth largest economy worldwide and is expected to become the
fifth largest in a couple of decades. Even after the world’s worst
meltdown[COVID-19], the country’s domestic performance was still solid thereby
protecting it from negative impacts. Brazil has access to raw materials.
• It is rich in mineral resources and is a self sufficient country in oil. It offers great
opportunities to business owners for export market expansion and to do
business. This means here business owners can purchase raw material at cheaper
rates lowering the cost of doing business.
Benefits
• Brazil is a low-risk country in terms of every aspects for example war,

hurricanes, natural disasters, terrorism, and no international-crisis.
• Low-cost of living.
• Foreign investments in Brazil are encouraged.
• It has a well-diversified economy and a large local (domestic) market which
makes it truly less susceptible to international-crisis.
• It is the country of large & expanding middle class.
• Has a strategic location giving easy access to other countries in South
America.
• Boosts a stable democracy.
• Brazil is a tropical country famous for its
extensive Amazon lowlands; highlands cover
Tourism and most of the natural territory. Two tertiary
Transport activities found in this region are tourism and
transport. Both Activities are influenced by
physical and human factors.
Hospitality
• Most tourists in Brazil travel to Rio de Janeiro and other easily accessible sites that are in
or around urban cities with well-established hospitality industries. Salvador and other
parts of Bahia are major tourist attractions, the numbers of vacationers are visiting other
coastal areas of the Northeast. Eco-tourism is moderately popular in the Amazon region,
while in the South the beaches of Santa Catarina draw large crowds. This would not be
possible without Brazil warm welcoming climate.
• São Paulo is also a tourist destination. Visitors to São Paulo get all the benefits of a
sophisticated, cosmopolitan city. They can eat at the finest restaurants in Brazil and shop
in the expensive boutiques. The city is the hub of Brazil’s economy. The parliament sits in
Brailisa but São Paulo is where most important decisions are made. The stock exchange is
located in the city and it is the headquarters of the country’s banks and financial
institutions.
Transport
• The roads in Brazil are underdeveloped, although mainly
outside the city. Dirt roads make it hard to travel and long
distances put tourists off travelling around Brazil. Exports and
imports are low due to the lack of seaports. The one main part
is drastically underdeveloped as it is still using basic equipment
to unload goods.
• Government schemes have improved the transports systems
within the region by building the trans- Amazon Highway,
which is 4,000km of road connecting Brazil to Pen and
Columbia.
• Rail is very underused and accounts for only 25% of freight
movement, although the country’s rail network has grown by
20% since 1990’s. Brazil’s great potential for river transport
also remains under exploited.
• Waterways currently account for only 13% of haulage traffic,
even though Brazil has 48,000km network of navigable rivers.

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The Amazon Basin (Brazil)

By: Christopher Oancea

This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-SA.

• The South East is covered by Terra Rossa soils

• Large parts of Brazil have deep well-drained

• Agriculture is worth about 25% of Brazil's

• Farming: Effective crop rotations are put

• The Rio Negro in the Amazon is famed for its

• Companies like Ford, Volkswagen and General Motors have long-

• The Manufacturing sectors of Paraná, Minas

• Brazil is a low-risk country in terms of every aspects for example war,

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