Brazil: the Land

Brazil is home to the second longest river in the world and the world's largest flood plain. The amazing Amazon is a focus of this beautiful book, with spectacular full-color images of the river, and its tributaries, as well as the people and animals that live on the river.


Topics include:

* the many rivers that run through the country and their hydroelectric potential.

* the diversity of life in a rainforest

* rainforest destruction

* the Pantanal, the world's largest wetland

* cities and towns in the Amazon

* the incredible ""planned"" city of Brazilia

* the country's many coastal cities