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| Location | Eastern South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean |
| Geographic coordinates | 10 00 S, 55 00 W |
| Map references | south_america |
| Area |
total: 8,511,965 sq km land: 8,456,510 sq km note: includes arquipelago de fernando de noronha, atol das rocas, ilha da trindade, ilhas martin vaz, and penedos de sao pedro e sao paulo water: 55,455 sq km |
| Area comparative | slightly smaller than the US |
| Land boundaries |
total: 14,691 km border countries: argentina 1,224 km, bolivia 3,400 km, colombia 1,643 km, french guiana 673 km, guyana 1,119 km, paraguay 1,290 km, peru 1,560 km, suriname 597 km, uruguay 985 km, venezuela 2,200 km |
| Coastline | 7,491 km |
| Maritime claims |
territorial sea: 12 nm continental shelf: 200 nm or to edge of the continental margin contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
| Climate | mostly tropical, but temperate in south |
| Terrain | mostly flat to rolling lowlands in north; some plains, hills, mountains, and narrow coastal belt |
| Elevation extremes |
lowest point: atlantic ocean 0 m highest point: pico da neblina 3,014 m |
| Natural resources | bauxite, gold, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, platinum, tin, uranium, petroleum, hydropower, timber |
| Land use |
arable land: 6.96% permanent crops: 0.9% other: 92.15% (2001) |
| Irrigated land | 26,560 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards | recurring droughts in northeast; floods and occasional frost in south |
| Environment - current issues | deforestation in Amazon Basin destroys the habitat and endangers a multitude of plant and animal species indigenous to the area; there is a lucrative illegal wildlife trade; air and water pollution in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, and several other large cities; land degradation and water pollution caused by improper mining activities; wetland degradation; severe oil spills |
| Environment - international agreements | party to: Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Geography note | largest country in South America; shares common boundaries with every South American country except Chile and Ecuador |
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