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Brazil

Some simple facts on Brazil

Brazil is a country in South America. It has a population of 180 million. Its capital city is Brasilia. The Olympics after the 2012 ones in London will happen in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro which is in Brazil. The words 'Ordem e progresso'on the Brazilian flag are Potugese for 'order and progress'. Both the Amazon Rainforest and the Amazon river are in Brazil.

The Amazon Rainforest and the Amazon River

In Brazil is the river Amazon and the Amazon rainforest which is the largest rainforest in the world. The river Amazon is the second longest river in the world, and is also the widest river in the world and contains the most water. The river Amazon can be known as the River Sea. Not many people live in the Amazon rainforest. The tribes people have little canoes that they sail up and down the river. The pictue below on the left is a picture of the river Amazon. The picture below that is of the Brazilian flag.



The Favelas

A favela is a cluster of houses all packed together. When people want to move into a favela they just find a space and build a house! Their house are mostly made of metal but sometimes you can find other material used. Favelas have open sewers and everything is very tatty and unpleasent.Only very poor people live in favelas. Often you can find favelas near a city so the people that live in them can go and earn money and get jobs and things like that. You will find electicity in favelas. If you see a electricity pylon in a favela it will be likely it will look //really// messy because it will be covered in electicity wires that people have just randomly put there when they have decided to build a house.

Life in the favelas Most favela's have no running water or electricity.But many are illegaly hooked up to cables and water mains. There are open drains everywhere, and the rain turns the paths into muddy sewers. Not many children who live in Favelas finish school; they work or beg instead. There is a lot of disease in Favelas because of all the germs. There is a lot of crime, violence and drug use. The shacks in Favelas are made of anything- bricks, sheets of metal, bits of wood and plastic. Most Favelas are next to a city so the people who live there can get good jobs and earn some money.

The picture obove is of the front cover of the novel 'Journey to the River Sea' by Eva Ibbotson. It is about an orphan called Maia who has no known relations, but when her banker discovers some of her relations in Brazil she is sent to lve with them. She becomes very exited when she gets a little note from the children of the family she is going to live with, but when she arrives she instantly hates the whole family!

﻿The population of Brazil

Belem 2.0 million Belo Hoizonte 4.6 million Brasilia 1.6 million Curitiba 3.0 million Fortaleza 3.1 million Manaus 1.6 million Porto Alegre 3.7 million Recife 3.8 million Rio de Janeiro 11.6 million Sao Paulo 19.1 million Salvador 3.3 million

The plants and animals

There are lots of plants and animals in Brazil, mostly in the Amazon rainforest. Some animals, plants and insects in the amazon rainforest have not been discovered yet. These are some discovered animals and insects:

Cormorants- a species of bird (p. 200 from JRS*)



( *JRS = Journey to the river sea)
 * *This is an unusual colour scheme, which is good to see. *You have sectioned up your work already, which is excellent. -> It will be useful to do something different with your titles, like making them bold. Well done, ginny666. Mrs W.
 * This is great! tinytoot
 * I love the pictures are realy nice,and very easy to read!sripeytiger
 * Grate picterof the Amazon, MickyR
 * great work noddles
 * Great work and lots of interesting info it was a great read, noddles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 * really good work!!! alot of pictures and writing and very good information. the colours are also great. monkey.i
 * This is a great wiki page. *You have included other relevant information, such as the book you are reading - that was a very good extra. ->I think you ought to think more carefully about the order of your sections. -There ought to be a logical order as you read through. -> Also, a main title would be excellent. Mrs W.
 * Lots of good info and good pitchers to show what it is. MickyR
 * Very nice well done.Guinea pig.j
 * If you have any more time, try to include something about the climate, and the settlers - from the Portuguese, etc. MrsW.
 * You have included some interesting information about the Favelas. Perhaps you could include some more facts about wildlife and plants in the Amazon Rainforest. Miss S.