Total Area: 8,514,877 square km
Total Land Area: 8,459,417 square km
Total Water Area: 55,460 square km
Climate: mostly tropical, but temperate in south
Terrain: mostly flat to rolling lowlands in north; some plains, hills, mountains, and narrow coastal belt
Arable Land Use: 8.45%
Permanent Crop: 0.83%
Irrigated Land: 54,000 square km
Total Renewable Water Resources: 8,233 cubic km
Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 58.07 cubic km per year
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 306 cubic m per year
Natural Hazards Description: recurring droughts in northeast; floods and occasional frost in south
Current Environmental 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
Total Labor Force: 105.7 million
Agricultural Products description: coffee, soybeans, wheat, rice, corn, sugarcane, cocoa, citrus; beef
Total Land Area: 8,459,417 square km
Total Water Area: 55,460 square km
Climate: mostly tropical, but temperate in south
Terrain: mostly flat to rolling lowlands in north; some plains, hills, mountains, and narrow coastal belt
Arable Land Use: 8.45%
Permanent Crop: 0.83%
Irrigated Land: 54,000 square km
Total Renewable Water Resources: 8,233 cubic km
Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 58.07 cubic km per year
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 306 cubic m per year
Natural Hazards Description: recurring droughts in northeast; floods and occasional frost in south
Current Environmental 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
Total Labor Force: 105.7 million
Agricultural Products description: coffee, soybeans, wheat, rice, corn, sugarcane, cocoa, citrus; beef