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=my reflections on Brazil=

my favorite facts
let me share with you...

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=BRAZIL IS=

= say yay for Brazil=



i love the floats of the carnival





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The Amazon River runs through Brazil, creating a vast rainforest. Brazil also has grassy flatlands, called pampas, wetlands and coastal plains. Brazil has more varied animal life than any other country in the world. There are 600 mammals species, 1,600 bird species, 1,500 fish species, and over 100,000 different types of insects. Wow! That’s a lot of bugs! ======

__In the Pantanal, a huge wetland, live huge andaconda snakes and giant relatives of the guinea pig, the capybaras. Watch out for caimans and alligators too. Most of the rainforests in Brazil have been destroyed to make room for houses and farming. The government has made laws to protect the remaining rainforests. __


 * Brazil is the largest country in South America and the fifth largest nation in the world. It forms an enormous triangle on the eastern side of the continent with a 4,500-mile (7,400-kilometer) coastline along the Atlantic Ocean. It has borders with every South American country except Chile and Ecuador. **

> **Northern Brazil is dominated by the Amazon River and the jungles that surround it. The Amazon is not one river but a network of many hundreds of waterways. Its total length stretches** **6,840km** > **, making it the longest river on Earth. Thousands of species live in the river, including the infamous piranha and the boto, or pink river dolphin.**
 * Did you know? Brazil has the largest area of rain forest in the world—almost a billion acres. It includes more than a million different insect species, tens of thousands of different plant species and more than a thousand different bird species.**
 * The Brazilian landscape is very varied. It is most well known for its dense forests, including the Amizon,the world's largest rain forest, in the north. But there are also dry grasslands (called pampas), rugged hills, pine forests, sprawling wetlands, immense plateaus (areas of level high ground) and a long coastal plain.**

**Most Brazilians are descended from three ethnic groups: Amerindians, European settlers (mainly from Portugal) and Africans. Starting in the 19th century, waves of immigrants from Europe, the Middle East, and even Japan added to this mix. This diversity of people has created a rich religious, musical and culinary culture.**

**Brazilians are football crazy, and their country has produced some of the most popular players in the world! Brazil has won the FIFA World Cup finals five times, more than any other nation.**

**Brazil is also home to the world's largest carnival - Rio Carnival ! Each year, in the days leading up to Lent, around 2 million people take to the streets of Rio de Janeiro to enjoy music, dancing, elaborate costumes and parades.** <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"> __**FOOD**__

**Brazil, Breakfast** **Brazilian prefer simple breakfast comprising of coffee, milk, bread and jam, sometimes cheese and ham, with fresh fruit also. There may be mangoes, papayas, watermelons and avocado cream in addition to all those. The side dishes may vary with the city you are dwelling in.**




 * <span class="_Tgc" style="font-size: 16px;">One of the few dishes eaten the length and breadth of Brazil, feijoada is a hearty stew ofblack beans, sausages and cuts of pork of varying quality – traditionally veering towards the lower end, with trotters, and ears all going into the mix. **

Check out this website http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/top-10-foods-try-brazil

**__HISTORY__**
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">Until recently, scientists thought Brazil was first settled by Asians about <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">10,000 years ago. But new evidence shows there were people living there at least 32,000 years ago. Some experts think they may have arrived from islands in the <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Pacific Ocean.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">Brazil was added to the map of the world during the great European explorations in the late 15th century led by Portugal and Spain. When Europeans first reached the coast of Brazil, the country was home to about <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">30 million indigenous people, or Amerindians. Today, only about 300,000 remain, living primarily in Brazil's remotest places.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">Portugal established its first colony in Brazil in <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">1530. Colonists created sugarcane plantations along the coast and sent diamonds and gold back to Europe. Soon, people from West Africa were brought to Brazil to work as slaves. The discovery of large inland gold reserves brought thousands of people from the coasts and abroad to the interior of the country <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">More weird facts <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Brazil's Capital,Brasilia, looks like an airplane from above.



<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; line-height: 23.3333px;">There's an Island in Brazil where civilians are forbidden to go: it has up to 5 snakes per square meter. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">


 * In 2010,**
 * a clown**
 * called "Tiririca" announced he would run for**
 * Congress**
 * in Brazil. He became the**
 * most-voted-for congressman**


 * Brazil is the largest country in South America.
 * The name Brazil comes from a tree named brazil wood.
 * It is called Brasil in Portuguese, the official language spoken in Brazil.
 * Brazil is the only country in South America that speaks Portuguese.
 * Portugal claimed the land of Brazil in the year 1500. Independence was declared in 1822.
 * Brazil is the 5th largest country in the world by both land area and population.
 * The population in 2012 was around 194 million people.
 * The capital city is Brasilia, while the largest city is Sao Paulo.
 * Other major cities include Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and Fortaleza.
 * In Brazil they drive on the right-hand side of the road.
 * Brazil has a large coastline on the eastern side of South America, stretching 7491 kilometres (4655 miles) in length.
 * Brazil shares a border with all South American countries except for Chile and Ecuador.
 * Brazil covers 3 time zones.
 * Brazil has one of the largest economies in the world.
 * Brazil is one of the 77 founding members of the United Nations.
 * The Amazon River flows through Brazil, it is the 2nd longest river in the world (after the Nie).
 * Around 60% of the Amazon Rain Forest is located in Brazil.
 * The climate in the majority of Brazil is tropical.
 * Brazil is home to a wide range of animals, including armadillo, tapirs, jaguars and pumas.
 * Human activities such as logging, mining fishing and agriculture are important to the Brazilian economy but are also a serious threat to Brazil's diverse environment.
 * Millions of tourists visit Brazil every year.
 * There are around 2500 airports in Brazil.
 * Football (soccer) is the most popular sport in Brazil with the national team consistently among the best in the world, winning the World Cup a record 5 times.
 * For more information, check out map of Brazil or take a closer look at the Brazil flags.

> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> Fernando de Noronha Archipelago
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Top Ten Brazilian Landmarks: **
 * 1) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Amazon Rainforest
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Brazilian Carnival, Rio de Janeiro
 * 4) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro
 * 1) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Iguazu Falls
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Ipanema Beach
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Congonhas, Congonhas
 * 4) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Sugarloaf Mountain, Rio de Janeiro
 * 5) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Teatro Amazonas, Manaus


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Top Ten Brazilian Dishes : **


 * 1) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Cuscuz
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Barreado
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Tacacá
 * 4) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Pato no Tucupi
 * 5) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Buchada
 * 6) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Moqueca capixaba
 * 7) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Acarajé
 * 8) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Tutu à mineira
 * 9) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Canjica
 * 10) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Brigadeiro

Reflection: My reflection on Brazil is, I think it would be awesome to go to Brazil , I want to go to Brazil very bad , I want to learn more about Brazil and play on the beach but my family can't afford the cost.

this is climatic change