Brazil Eco Adventure Tours
Rainforest - Hiking & Biking - Wildlife

Brazil occupies about 75% of the South American Platform representing the oldest part of the South American Continent. Therefore and different from the much younger Andean mountain chain, Brazil´s topography can be described as relatively modest (see relief map).

The plateaus and highlands of the ancient Precambrian shields (e.g. Atlantic Shield) represent 60% of the countries territory and the younger Phanerozoic sedimentary basins (e.g. Paraná Basin) about 40%.

Apart from a small area close to the border with Venezuela, the highest elevations (up to 3.000 m) can be found along the southeastern coast, in the so - called Mantiqueira Province.