Brazil Slide Series: Collection Belem Manaus, Slide No. 0074.

Creator

Herbert Knup
Jon M. Tolman

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Publication Date

3-19-2009

Description

Grassland "várzea" vegetation and a long wooden house on stilts. The most fertile lands for agriculture are those which are regularly covered by flood waters, yet which make up on1y a small percentage of the Amazon Basin.Vegetação de prado da "várzea" e uma longa casa de madeira em estacas. As terras mais férteis para agricultura são as que se encontram regularmente cobertas pela inundação. Essas constituem pequena porcentagem da Bacia Amazónica.

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Latin American and Iberian Institute / University of New Mexico

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Brazil Slide Series Collection: This article is copyrighted by the Latin American & Iberian Institute (LAII) of the University of New Mexico. Rights permission is for standard academic, non-commercial, use of these materials. Proper citation of this material should include title, author, publisher, date, and URL. Copyright Latin American and Iberian Institute University of New Mexico 1994