Geography and Economics of Brazil

From the http://www.VideoSource.com Global Village Travel Guide and DVD, "Brazil". Stock footage available from http://videosource.com/search.html Transcript: WHEN MOST PEOPLE THINK OF BRAZIL, THEY THINK OF THE WILDNESS OF THE AMAZON, THE STUNNING BEAUTY OF RIO DE JANIERO, OR THE EXCITEMENT OF CARNIVAL.... AND WHILE THESE THINGS ARE INDEED A PART OF BRAZIL, A CLOSER LOOK AT THIS FASCINATING COUNTRY REVEALS A MULTITUDE OF UNEXPECTED FACETS. GERMAN VILLAGE THIS IS AFTER ALL A COUNTRY SO LARGE THAT WHILE IT'S WINTER AT ONE END, IT'S SUMMER AT THE OTHER. BRAZIL ACCOUNTS FOR HALF OF SOUTH AMERICA IN BOTH LAND SIZE AND POPULATION, OR MAP AND WITH 70% OF ITS PEOPLE UNDER THIRTY, IT IS A COUNTRY YOUNG IN AGE AND SPIRIT. DESPITE THE CURRENT ECONOMIC PROBLEMS BRAZIL IS ONE OF THE RICHEST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD.......... IN TERMS OF NATURAL RESOURCES. IT HAS THE MOST CONCENTRATED ECONOMIC AND INDUSTRIAL BASE IN LATIN AMERICA, AND IT RANKS EIGHTH IN THE WORLD IN GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT. BRAZIL IS A NEIGHBOR TO EVERY OTHER COUNTRY ON THE CONTINENT EXCEPT ECUADOR AND CHILE. THEN DIVIDES INTO REGIONS AND IT'S 3 MILLION SQUARE MILES ARE MADE UP OF FIVE DISTINCT GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS: REGION AT A TIME HIGHLIGHTED. THE NORTHERN REGION HOLDS THE VAST MAP DISSOLVE TO PRIMORDIAL FORESTS OF THE AMAZON BASIN -- TREE FROM H20? A WORLD UNTO ITSELF, A GIANT WATERSHED WHICH FEEDS THE AMAZON, THE LARGEST RIVER IN THE WORLD. THE NORTHEASTERN REGION IS THE GOLDEN COAST, A LAND OF ENDLESS TROPICAL BEACHES, THE CRADLE OF BRAZILIAN CIVILIZATION, A PLACE WHERE AFRICAN, PORTUGUESE, AND DUTCH CULTURES HAVE MERGED TO FORM A WAY OF 2 CHURCH SHOT LIFE THAT IS BOTH UNIQUE AND TYPICALLY BRAZILIAN. PORT SCENE THE WEST CENTRAL REGION IS AN ALMOST UNTOUCHED LAND OF VAST MARSHES TEEMING WITH NATIVE WILDLIFE.............. THE PANTANAL OF THE MATO GROSSO. AND FROM OUT OF THIS STARK WILDERNESS, RISES THE SHAPE OF THE FUTURE, THE ULTRAMODERN CAPITAL OF BRAZIL........ BRAZILIA. THE SAMBA BEAT OF RIO DE JANEIRO AND THE DYNAMO PULSE OF SAO PAULO MAKE THE SOUTHEASTERN REGION THE REAL ENERGY CENTER OF THE COUNTRY. AND THE SOUTHERN REGION IS A HIGH COOL LAND OF PINE FORESTS AND PAMPAS, PERFECTLY SUITED TO RANCHING AND AGRICULTURE, WHERE THE FOLKWAYS OF EUROPE HAVE BEEN FAITHFULLY PRESERVED. AND IN THIS SOUTHERN REGION, ON THE BORDERS OF PARAGUAY, AND ARGENTINA, THE PARANAPENA AND THE IGUASSU RIVERS MEET WITH SUCH FORCE THAT THEY CREATE THE LARGEST WATERFALL ON EARTH, THE LUMINOUS IGUASSU FALLS! IT IS ONE OF MANY INCOMPARABLE SIGHTS IN A LAND OF GEOLOGIC WONDER, AND VAST NATURAL RESOURCES.