What are facts about Brazil on location?

Answer 1

Brazil is the fifth largest country in area discontinuous: it has 1.7% of its land area and occupies 47% of South America If we consider only the continuous areas, it now occupies the fourth position, as states United have two external territories: Hawaii and Alaska. It is located in the central-eastern South America (between latitude 5 ° 16 'north latitude and 33 º 44 ' latitude south and between the meridians 34 º 47 'and 73 º 59'W), [1] with its coastline bathed by the Atlantic Ocean. Brazil has a total area of 8,514,876 [2] [3] km ² which includes 8,456,510 km ² of land and 55,455 km ² of water. The high point of Brazil is the Pico da Neblina, with 2994 m. [4] The lowest point is sea level. Brazil borders with ten South American republics: Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela and Guyana. By comparison, Brazil is slightly smaller in area compared to the United States.