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The first thing that I will talk about Brazil is the geography. Brazil is located in Eastern South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean. Brazil is the largest country in South America, and in the southern hemisphere. The climate is mostly tropical, but is temperate in the south. Brazil is known to have terrain that is mostly flat to lowlands in the north, but have hills and mountains by the coastal belt. Brazil is highly recognized for its beautiful landscape and views. Not only does it show its tropical beauty, but Brazil has many natural resources such as: bauxite, gold, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphate, platinum, tin, rare earth metals, uranium, petroleum, hydropower, and timber. You can find many spectacular resources in Brazil, but with all good comes some bad. In every country there are natural hazards. It’s …show more content…

Brazil has the 6th highest population in the world. The ethnic group breakdown is as follows: 47.1% white, 43.1% mulatto (mixed black and white), 7.6% black, 1.1% Asian, 0.4% indigenous (2010 est). The median age in Brazil is 31.1 years. For males it’s 30.3 years and females 31.9 years. The population growth in Brazil is 0.77% (2015 est). Brazil has a birth rate of 14.46 births/1,000 people, which is higher than the death rate of 6.58 deaths/ 1,000 people (2015 est). In Brazil the infant mortality rate is 18.6 deaths/ 1,000 live births. This isn’t a very high number, which is good. The infant mortality rate is an estimate of the number of infant deaths for every 1,000 live births. What does this rate indicate some may ask? It’s often used as an indicator to measure the health and well being of a nation. Factors affecting the health of an entire population can also impact the mortality rate of infants. Brazil has been very interesting. Just learning about the landscape of the country and its demographics alone was awesome. Now I will talk about the countries history and

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