Brazil has a very unique cultural landscape. It varies from forests to beaches to highly populated cities. Brazil owns the Amazon forest which is a vast extension of land covered by virgin forests and rivers that flow in a serpent like way. Brazil also has a lot of tourist places like beaches because people consider this beaches to be the most beautiful in the world so people always go there to have fun and tourists are always traveling there. Soccer is also a landscape maker because everywhere you go in Brazil you will always see a group of guys playing soccer and having fun. This leaded to the construction of soccer stadiums and a lot of infrastructures that mark the country. Also there are highly urbanized areas like Sao Paulo that have a lot of people and buildings that mark a landscape and represent the richness of the country. Last but not least the countries landscape is marked by the people themselves because the people are always joyful and they are welcoming and will always give you a smile. The people are the ones that really mark the country and they represent their country more than the landscape.

Brazil's Urban/Economic Geography

Brazil is a very large land mass with a lot of virgin forests and natural landscape not yet exploited by human beings. Yet one could say that brazil is very highly urbanized because it has large populations and big cities in which most of the population is located in the southern part of brazil. The biggest metropolitan areas in Brazil are the cites of Sao Paulo with 19.5 million people, Rio de Janeiro with 11.5 million people and Belo Horizonte with 5.1 million people and all of this cities are located in the south eastern region of Brazil.

Brazil has the largest national economy in the whole region of Latin America, it is the eighth in the world and the seventh largest in purchasing power. Brazil is considered a mix economy and it has a lot of natural resources that gives the country money. Most people and the country make money through Mining, agriculture, manufacturing and service sectors as well as a large number of people working as laborers. Also the country has expanded it exports and major export products include cars, aircrafts, electrical equipment, ethanol, textiles, steel, coffee and orange juice. So these are the dominant industries of Brazil because they export and bring money to the country. The minimum wage in Brazil is $545 per month which means that a median income level for the whole population would probably be a little higher at about $1000 a per month

Brazil's political/cultural geography

Brazilian federation is divided into three parts that worked together and whose union is never dissolved. These are: the states, the municipalities and the federal district. The three of the sections mentioned previously combine with the union and rule with three basic principles over the Brazilian people. The principles are: Sovereignty, dignity of human beings, citizenship, political pluralism and social values of labour and freedom of enterprise. The strongest Brazilian political parties are: the Workers Party (PT), Brazilian social democracy party (PSDB), Brazilian democratic movement party (PMDB) and the Democrats (DEM). The current president is a women candidate elected from the Workers party, her name is Dilma Rousseff. People are free to vote and it is a very well organized society which gives the people the necessary rights to have liberty and the president rules the country.

Brazil was invaded by the Portuguese in the colonial era; this means that the natives were greatly influenced by the Portuguese. The Portuguese brought with them different things like life style, technology but most importantly culturally speaking they brought religion and culture which the native Brazilian people assimilated and is now a part of them. First of all the Portuguese taught the natives to speak Portuguese so the current official language of Brazil is Portuguese. Then the Portuguese taught them religion and that is how Brazil acquired Catholicism as the predominant faith. The first Christian mass in brazil took place in around 1500 A.C. this marked the beginning of this religion in Brazil. Now a days Roman Catholicism is the countries predominant faith and another interesting fact is that brazil has the biggest Catholic population in the world. 73% of the population in Brazil are catholics.

Brazil's Physical Geography

Brazil has a large land area that occupies most of the Atlantic coast in South America and a lot of the continents land. In the Atlantic waters brazil has lots of archipelagos such as the saint peter and Paul rocks which are a cluster of islands. Brazil possesses a lot of beautiful beaches like Copacabana, Ipanema, Joaquina etc. Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world after Russia, Canada, China and United States. Because of its big size Brazil spans three time zones.

The Brazilian topography is very diverse because it includes mountains, hills, plains, highlands and scrub lands. These mountains can be very beautiful and appealing to the human eye such as pão de açucar which is a precious mountain located in Rio de Janeiro and adds a beautiful landscape to the city view. The highest point in Brazil is Pico da Neblina it stands 2,994 meters tall.

Brazil has a big and complex system of rivers which drain into the Atlantic Ocean. This beautiful system of rivers is surrounded by virgin forests which gives them a unique beauty. The most famous major river is the Amazon, which is the largest river in the world in term of volume. Brazil is also full of tropical forests and a wide variety of species that inhabits them. The northern part of Brazil has a wide green land which is covered big yearlong green trees. This place is called the Amazon Rainforest.

The Brazilian climate is very appealing for humans. Although there are parts where it snows, the temperatures never go excessively cold as in the northern hemisphere of the world. And most of the best cities of Brazil are located on the coast lines so tourists can get out of the cold in the north because when it is winter in the United Sates it is actually summer in Brazil. The country receives a lot of rain, especially the Amazon forest. Brazil’s climate is a very desirable climate to live in.