Physical Geography of Brazil

The Amazon is the world's longest river.

• True
• False

Much of the Amazon Basin is covered by the world's largest rainforest.

• True
• False

Most of Brazil is located in the Tropics.

• True 
• False

Though Brazil has forests and rich farmland, it has few mineral resources.

• True
• False

Coffee is one of Brazil's largest exports.

• True
• False

What is the largest country in South America?

• Argentina
• Brazil
• Chile
• Bolivia

What is one reason the Amazon River carries so much freshwater?

• A forest canopy shelters the soil of the Amazon Basin.
• Water flows freely from the highland plateaus into the lowland plains.
• It has more than 1,000 tributaries.
• It flows through vast grasslands.

____________________ are grassy, treeless plains in southern Brazil.

• tributary
• basin
• plateaus
• pampas

____________________ is a smaller river that feeds into a larger one.

• pampa
• tributary
• basin
• escarpment

_____________________ the area that a river and its tributaries drain.

• plateau
• pampas
• basin
• tributary