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A Look at Brazil's Interior

Charles A. Thomas

Brazil is more than half of South America, they say. And thus by necessity it is defined in hyperbole. In the world, Brazil is the fifth largest country in both area and population. So Paulo is the fourth most populous city on Earth. Brazil contains the largest river by volume (the Amazon's discharge is five times that of the next largest river by volume, the Congo), and the largest remaining rainforest, for now. Consequentially, Brazil has the highest number of vertebrate and invertebrate species, the most primate species, and the mo...

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