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Great Pontal Reserve
The Great Pontal Reserve ( pt, Grande Reserva do Pontal), formally called the Pontal do Paranapanema State Reserve ( pt, Reserva Estadual Pontal do Paranapanema), is an ecological reserve is the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It was created in 1942, but over the years suffered considerable degradation by illegal invasions and squatters. It was partly flooded after construction of the Eng Sérgio Motta Dam on the Paraná River. The reserve today is a poor agricultural region mostly used for cattle and sugar cane farming. Creation The Pontal do Paranapanema occupies the extreme west of the state of São Paulo. It is bounded to the north and west by the Paraná River and to the south by the Paranapanema River. To the east it was bounded by the advancing agricultural frontier. European occupation of the Pontal do Paranapanema region began in earnest when the Sorocabana Railway reached the Paraná River in 1917. Urban centers were built along the railway and intensive logging began, fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eng Sérgio Motta Dam
The Engineer Sérgio Motta Dam, formerly known as the Porto Primavera Dam, is an embankment dam on the Paraná River near Rosana in São Paulo, Brazil. It was constructed between 1980 and 1999 for hydroelectric power production, flood control and navigation. An estimated 11 million tropical trees were submerged Technical The dam is named for Sergio Roberto Vieira da Motta, a prominent industrial engineer in São Paulo. At in length, it is the longest dam in Brazil. The tall dam creates a reservoir with a capacity and surface area of . The dam supports hydroelectric power plant on its southern end with an installed capacity of . The power plant contains 14 x Kaplan turbine generators. Although there are no plans to install them, the power plant has room to accommodate an additional four generators. The dam also supports a long and wide navigation lock on its southern end with the ability to transport 27 million tons a year. History Construction on the dam began in 1980 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecological Reserves Of Brazil
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Institute Of Ecological Research
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Teodoro Sampaio, São Paulo
Teodoro Sampaio is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 23,273 (2020 est.) in an area of 1556 km². The elevation is 321 m. The municipality contains part of the Great Pontal Reserve, created in 1942. It contains the Morro do Diabo State Park, created in 1986. It also contains 36% of the Mico Leão Preto Ecological Station The Mico Leão Preto Ecological Station ( pt, Estação Ecológica Mico Leão Preto) is an Ecological station in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It protects four fragments of Atlantic Forest in a region that has lost most of its forest coverage ..., established in 2002. References Municipalities in São Paulo (state) {{SaoPauloState-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosana, São Paulo
Rosana is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 16,281 (2020 est.) in an area of 744 km². The elevation is 236 m. The municipality is the westernmost municipality in the state of São Paulo. The municipality contains part of the Great Pontal Reserve The Great Pontal Reserve ( pt, Grande Reserva do Pontal), formally called the Pontal do Paranapanema State Reserve ( pt, Reserva Estadual Pontal do Paranapanema), is an ecological reserve is the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It was created in 1942, ..., created in 1942. References Populated places established in 1892 {{SaoPauloState-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirante Do Paranapanema
Mirante do Paranapanema is a city in the western part of the state of São Paulo, in Brazil. It is part of the microregion of Presidente Prudente. The population is 18,338 (2020 est.) in an area of 1239 km². The altitude is 448 m. It is situated near the Paranapanema River, which forms the border with the state of Paraná here. The municipality contains part of the Great Pontal Reserve The Great Pontal Reserve ( pt, Grande Reserva do Pontal), formally called the Pontal do Paranapanema State Reserve ( pt, Reserva Estadual Pontal do Paranapanema), is an ecological reserve is the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It was created in 1942, ..., created in 1942. References Municipalities in São Paulo (state) {{SaoPauloState-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marabá Paulista
Marabá Paulista is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 5,948 (2020 est.) in an area of 920 km². The elevation is 401 m. The municipality contains part of the Great Pontal Reserve, created in 1942. It also contains 23% of the Mico Leão Preto Ecological Station The Mico Leão Preto Ecological Station ( pt, Estação Ecológica Mico Leão Preto) is an Ecological station in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It protects four fragments of Atlantic Forest in a region that has lost most of its forest coverage ..., established in 2002. References Municipalities in São Paulo (state) {{SaoPauloState-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euclides Da Cunha Paulista
Euclides da Cunha Paulista is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is named after Euclides da Cunha, a Brazilian writer. The population is 9,325 (2020 est.) in an area of 574 km². The elevation is 265 m. The municipality contains 30% of the Mico Leão Preto Ecological Station, established in 2002. It also contains part of the Great Pontal Reserve The Great Pontal Reserve ( pt, Grande Reserva do Pontal), formally called the Pontal do Paranapanema State Reserve ( pt, Reserva Estadual Pontal do Paranapanema), is an ecological reserve is the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It was created in 1942, ..., created in 1942. References Municipalities in São Paulo (state) {{SaoPauloState-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantic Forest
The Atlantic Forest ( pt, Mata Atlântica) is a South American forest that extends along the Atlantic coast of Brazil from Rio Grande do Norte state in the northeast to Rio Grande do Sul state in the south and inland as far as Paraguay and the Misiones Province of Argentina, where the region is known as Selva Misionera. The Atlantic Forest has ecoregions within the following biome categories: seasonal moist and dry broad-leaf tropical forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands, and mangrove forests. The Atlantic Forest is characterized by a high biodiversity and endemism. It was the first environment that the Portuguese colonists encountered over 500 years ago, when it was thought to have had an area of , and stretching an unknown distance inland, making it, back then, the second largest rainforest on the planet, only behind the Amazon rainforest. Over 85% of the original area has been deforested, threatening many plant and animal species with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alqueire
''Alqueire'' is a traditional unit of measurement in Portuguese. The term has been documented in Portugal since the 12th century. It is derived from the Arabic word أَكْيَال ''(al-kayl)'', which roughly means 'measure'. It was originally used to measure the amount of dry goods (such as grain) a pack animal could carry, in the form of satchels or baskets. In Portugal, the alqueire was used as a measure of capacity and eventually it was used also as a measure of area of productive land. The spread of Portuguese culture took both meanings of the word to different parts of the world. Usage in Portugal The Arabic ''al-kayl'', used in areas of the Iberian Peninsula under Arab rule, was imported to northern Portugal around the time of the Portuguese County, where it became known as ''alqueire''. The first explicit reference dates from 1111, but the alqueire was already in use in the late 11th century. It was likely that the term ''alqueire'' designated a single well-known measu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mico Leão Preto Ecological Station
The Mico Leão Preto Ecological Station ( pt, Estação Ecológica Mico Leão Preto) is an Ecological station in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It protects four fragments of Atlantic Forest in a region that has lost most of its forest coverage over the last century, and protects the endemic endangered black lion tamarin ( pt, Mico-leão-preto), which gives the reserve its name. Location The Mico Leão Preto Ecological Station (ESEC) is divided between the municipalities of Euclides da Cunha Paulista (29.99%), Marabá Paulista (22.88%), Presidente Epitácio (10.66%) and Teodoro Sampaio (36.42%) in the state of São Paulo. It is in the extreme west of the state to the north of the Paranapanema River and the Morro do Diabo State Park, and to the south of the Itaipu Dam reservoir on the Paraná River. The ESEC is divided into four separate fragments of Atlantic Forest: Água Sumida with , Ponte Branca with , Tucano with and Santa Maria with , totalling . The ESEC is admini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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