Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Resources



It is estimated that 40 percent of the world’s biodiversity is located in Brazil. The nation has the world’s largest variety of birds, about 4,430 species of vertebrate animals (mammals, reptiles, amphibians and fish) and over 100,000 invertebrates.
The Amazon Rainforest, the world's greatest natural resource - the most powerful and bio-actively diverse natural phenomenon on the planet, is mostly located in the Brazilian territory, furthermore the Amazon harbors 10 percent of the world’s total freshwater resources.


Brazil natural resource mainly include minerals like nickel, uranium, phosphates, iron ore, manganese, bauxite, tin, hydropower, gold, platinum, granite, limestone, and other organic resources like timber and petroleum.


1 comment:

  1. The rain forest in amazing! I loved the facts about the animals.

    ReplyDelete