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Biribiri State Park
The Biribiri State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual de Biribiri) is a state park in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It protects a mountainous region of ''cerrado''. The park contains an abandoned village, once home to workers in a textile factory, which is now a tourist attraction. Location The Biribiri State Park is in the municipality of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, from the municipal seat and from the state capital of Belo Horizonte. It has an area of . The park is accessed via a dirt road, but it is maintained well and can be used by cars. The entrance is from the center of Diamantina. The park is in the Serra do Espinhaço, a range with quartz rocks in the Jequitinhonha River basin. Altitudes range from in the north to in the south. The park still has traces of gold and diamond exploration. There are archaeological sites with rock inscriptions, but their locations are not marked. Environment The climate is tropical, with annual average temperature of about . The wettest mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diamantina, Minas Gerais
Diamantina () is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais. Its estimated population in 2020 was 47,825 in a total area of 3,870 km2. ''Arraial do Tijuco'' (as Diamantina was first called) was built during the colonial era in the early 18th century. As its name suggests, Diamantina was a center of diamond mining in the 18th and 19th centuries. A well-preserved example of Brazilian Baroque architecture, Diamantina is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Other historical cities in Minas Gerais are Ouro Preto, São João del-Rei, Mariana, Tiradentes, Congonhas and Sabará. Statistical micro-region Diamantina is a statistical micro-region that includes the following municipalities: Diamantina, Datas, Felício dos Santos, Gouveia, Presidente Kubitschek, São Gonçalo do Rio Preto, Senador Modestino Gonçalves, and Couto de Magalhães de Minas. The area of this region is 7,348 km2 and in 2006 the population was 80,063 inhabitants. The population density (2000) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helmeted Manakin
The helmeted manakin (''Antilophia galeata'') is a species of smallpasserine bird in the manakin family Pipridae. Unlike most manakins, a family associated with tropical rainforests, the helmeted manakin inhabits the seasonally dry Cerrado savanna of Central Brazil. Until the discovery of the Araripe manakin, the helmeted manakin was the only known member of the genus ''Antilophia''. Taxonomy The helmeted manakin was formally described in 1823 by the German naturalist Hinrich Lichtenstein from specimens collected near São Paulo in Brazil. He coined the binomial name ''Pipra galeata''. The helmeted manakin is now placed together with the critically endangered Araripe manakin in the genus ''Antilophia'' that was introduced by Ludwig Reichenbach in 1850. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek ''antios'' meaning "different" with ''lophoeis'' meaning "crested". The specific epithet ''galeata'' is from Latin ''galeatus'' meaning "helmeted". The helmeted manakin is monotypic: no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protected Areas Established In 1998
Protection is any measure taken to guard a thing against damage caused by outside forces. Protection can be provided to physical objects, including organisms, to systems, and to intangible things like civil and political rights. Although the mechanisms for providing protection vary widely, the basic meaning of the term remains the same. This is illustrated by an explanation found in a manual on electrical wiring: Some kind of protection is a characteristic of all life, as living things have evolved at least some protective mechanisms to counter damaging environmental phenomena, such as ultraviolet light. Biological membranes such as bark on trees and skin on animals offer protection from various threats, with skin playing a key role in protecting organisms against pathogens and excessive water loss. Additional structures like scales and hair offer further protection from the elements and from predators, with some animals having features such as spines or camouflage servin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Parks Of Brazil
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Vila Histórica De Biribiri
Vila may refer to: People * Vila (surname) Places Andorra * Vila, Andorra, a town in the parish of Encamp Brazil * Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade, a municipality in the State of Mato Grosso * Vila Boa, Goiás, a municipality in the State of Goiás * Vila Flores, a municipality in Rio Grande do Sul * Vila Flor, a municipality in Rio Grande do Norte * Vila Lângaro, a municipality in Rio Grande do Sul * Vila Maria (district of São Paulo), a municipality in Rio Grande do Sul * Vila Nova do Piauí, a municipality of Piauí * Vila Nova dos Martírios, a municipality of Maranhão * Vila Nova do Sul, a municipality in Rio Grande do Sul * Vila Pavão, a municipality in Espírito Santo * Vila Propício, a municipality in the State of Goiás * Vila Rica, a municipality in the State of Minas Gerais * Vila Valério, a municipality in Espírito Santo * Vila Velha, a municipality in Espírito Santo Estonia * Vila, Estonia, village in the parish of Vihula, country of Lääne-Viru Moza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serra Negra State Park
The Serra Negra State Park pt, Parque Estadual da Serra Negra is a state park in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It protects a mountainous area in the Atlantic Forest biome, an important source of water in a dry region, and a potential source of tourism revenue in an area with many social problems. Location The Serra Negra State Park is in the municipality of Itamarandiba, Minas Gerais in the districts of Padre João Afonso, Santa Joana and Santa Luzia de Minas. It has an area of . The perimeter is marked but not enclosed. The park is from the municipal seat. It is from Belo Horizonte. The park covers part of the Espinhaço Mountains. These are recognized by UNESCO as one of the world's biosphere reserves. An internal road leads to the former transmission tower of TV Leste on one of the highest points of the region at . From this point there is an extensive view of the surrounding mountains. The park is in the Jequitinhonha River basin, and contains the sources of many wat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio Preto State Park
The Rio Preto State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual do Rio Preto) is a state park in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It protects a mountainous area of cerrado vegetation that is home to various endemic, rare or endangered species. Trails provide environmental interpretation, and lead to lookouts that give panoramic views, to rivers and waterfalls, and to archaeological sites with rock paintings. Location The Rio Preto State Park is in the municipality of São Gonçalo do Rio Preto, Minas Gerais, from Diamantina. It has an area of . It is from Belo Horizonte, the state capital. A section of a colonial-era ''Estrada Real'' (Royal Road) passed through the park, and traces still remain. This was a route used by gold and diamond prospectors. The park covers part of the Espinhaço Mountains. It has a rugged relief with quartz rocks that form beautiful cliffs. The park holds several springs, notably that of the Rio Preto, one of the main tributaries of the Araçuaí River, which in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mata Dos Ausentes Ecological Station
Mata dos Ausentes Ecological Station ( pt, Estação Ecológica Mata dos Ausentes) is a state-administered ecological station in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Location The station was created by decree on 23 September 1974, modified on 28 December 1994. It covers . It lies in the municipality of Senador Modestino Gonçalves, Minas Gerais. It is part of the Espinhaço Mosaic. Other units in this mosaic are the Sempre Vivas National Park, Serra do Cabral, Biribiri, Rio Preto, Pico do Itambé and Serra Negra state parks, and the Água das Vertentes, Felício dos Santos and Rio Manso Environmental Protection Areas. The station is within the Jequitinhonha River valley, in the basin of the Araçuaí River. It lies in an area where there is intense human activity and provides an important refuge for local fauna. The vegetation is mainly fields, dense cerrado and remains of the Atlantic Forest. Fauna include giant anteater, giant armadillo, maned wolf and ocelot. Conservation issues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acauã Ecological Station
Acauã Ecological Station ( pt, Estação Ecológica Acauã is a state-operated ecological station in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is a strictly protected area and is closed to the public except for research and environmental education. Location The reserve is in the cerrado biome, and covers in the municipalities of Leme do Prado and Turmalina. It was created on 23 September 1974, modified on 27 September 1994 and 30 December 1994. It is in the Jequitinhonha Valley region in Minas Gerais. Environment The vegetation is dense cerrado with transition to Atlantic Forest. The flora consists of medium to large plants. Fauna include armadillo, maned wolf, common agouti, paca, collared peccary (Pecari tajacu), robust capuchin monkey and broad-snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris). More than 190 species of birds have been identified. In April 2013, the Public Ministry and Justice department of Minas Gerais charged that the State Forestry Institute had been failing to comply wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espinhaço Mosaic
The Espinhaço: Alto Jequitinhonha – Serra do Cabral Mosaic ( pt, Mosaico do Espinhaço: Alto Jequitinhonha - Serra do Cabral), or simply Espinhaço Mosaic, is a protected area mosaic in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Background The Espinhaço Mountains extend for about from the iron quadrilateral in the south-central region of Minas Gerais north to the Chapada Diamantina in Bahia. The mountains lie between the cerrado biome to the west, Atlantic Forest to the east and caatinga to the north. In the higher regions there are rocky fields, an ecosystem with considerable biodiversity. In 2005 UNESCO recognized a large portion of the Espinhaço Chain in Minas Gerais as a Biosphere Reserve. Discussions followed on how to better conserve the ecosystems, and the first proposals for a Mosaic of Units of Conservation of the Espinhaço: Alto Jequitinhonha - Serra do Cabral were made at the end of 2007. Official activities began in April 2008, coordinated by the Biotropics Institut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guarani Language
Guaraní (), specifically the primary variety known as Paraguayan Guarani ( "the people's language"), is a South American language that belongs to the Tupi–Guarani family of the Tupian languages. It is one of the official languages of Paraguay (along with Spanish), where it is spoken by the majority of the population, and where half of the rural population are monolingual speakers of the language. It is spoken by communities in neighboring countries, including parts of northeastern Argentina, southeastern Bolivia and southwestern Brazil, and is a second official language of the Argentine province of Corrientes since 2004; it is also an official language of Mercosur. Guaraní is one of the most widely spoken American languages, and remains commonly used among the Paraguayan people and neighboring communities. This is unique among American languages; language shift towards European colonial languages (in this case, the other official language of Spanish) has otherwise be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyacinth Visorbearer
The hyacinth visorbearer (''Augastes scutatus'') is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is endemic to Brazil. Taxonomy and systematics The hyacinth visorbearer shares its genus with only one other species, the hooded visorbearer (''A. lumachella''). It has three subspecies, the nominate ''A. s. scutatus'', ''A. s. ilseae'', and ''A. s. soaresi''. The subspecies are very similar and "might be better treated as monotypic."Schuchmann, K.L. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Hyacinth Visorbearer (''Augastes scutatus''), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.hyavis1.01 retrieved December 14, 2021 Description Hyacinth visorbearer males are long and weigh . Females are long and weigh . In addition to being longer overall and heavier than females, males also have longer wings and tail. Both sexes have a short bill, but that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
