Preto River (Bahia, Grande River)

	Preto River (Bahia, Grande River) The Preto River, a tributary of the Rio Grande, is a river of Bahia state in eastern Brazil. The river basin includes part of the Serra Geral do Tocantins Ecological Station, a strictly protected conservation unit created in 2001 to preserve an area of cerrado. See also List of rivers of Bahia List of rivers in Bahia (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin from north to south, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name and ordered from downstream to upstream. All rivers in Bahia drain to the ... References Brazilian Ministry of Transport Rivers of Bahia {{Bahia-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Rio Grande (Bahia) Rio Grande (Portuguese for "great river") is a river of Bahia state in eastern Brazil. It is a tributary of the São Francisco River. See also List of rivers of Bahia List of rivers in Bahia (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin from north to south, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name and ordered from downstream to upstream. All rivers in Bahia drain to the ... ReferencesBrazilian Ministry of Transport Rivers of Bahia {{Bahia-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Bahia Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 Federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro) and the 5th-largest by area. Bahia's capital is the city of Salvador, Bahia, Salvador (formerly known as "Cidade do São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos", literally "City of the Saint Savior of the Bay of All the Saints"), on a Spit (landform), spit of land separating the Bay of All Saints from the Atlantic. Once a monarchial stronghold dominated by Agriculture in Brazil, agricultural, Slavery in Brazil, slaving, and ranching interests, Bahia is now a predominantly Working class, working-class industrial and agricultural state. The state is home to 7% of the Brazilian population and produces 4.2% of the country's GDP. Name The name of the state derives from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 States of Brazil, states and the Federal District (Brazil), Federal District. It is the largest country to have Portuguese language, Portuguese as an List of territorial entities where Portuguese is an official language, official language and the only one in the Americas; one of the most Multiculturalism, multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass Immigration to Brazil, immigration from around the world; and the most populous Catholic Church by country, Roman Catholic-majority country. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a Coastline of Brazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Serra Geral Do Tocantins Ecological Station Serra Geral do Tocantins Ecological Station ( pt, Estação Ecológica Serra Geral do Tocantins) is an ecological station in the states of Bahia and Tocantins, Brazil. It is one of the largest such units in the country, and protects a sparsely populated area of the cerrado biome. The main threat comes from frequent fires set by the local people in order to create cattle pasturage. Location The Serra Geral do Tocantins Ecological Station is in the Cerrado biome. It covers an area of . It covers part of the Formosa do Rio Preto municipality of Bahia and the Almas, Mateiros, Ponte Alta do Tocantins and Rio da Conceição municipalities of Tocantins. The ecological station is one of the largest in the country, and covers an area with one of the lowest population densities in the country. The terrain has a series of levels with gently undulating relief, with escarpments forming plateaus typical of an area of sedimentary deposits. Altitudes range from . The unit lies on the divide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Cerrado The ''Cerrado'' (, ) is a vast ecoregion of tropical savanna in eastern Brazil, particularly in the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Tocantins, Minas Gerais, and the Federal District. The core areas of the Cerrado biome are the Brazilian highlands – the ''Planalto''. The main habitat types of the Cerrado consist of forest savanna, wooded savanna, park savanna and gramineous-woody savanna. The ''Cerrado'' also includes savanna wetlands and gallery forests. The second largest of Brazil's major habitat types, after the Amazonian rainforest, the Cerrado accounts for a full 21 percent of the country's land area (extending marginally into Paraguay and Bolivia). The first detailed European account of the Brazilian cerrados was provided by Danish botanist Eugenius Warming (1892) in the book ''Lagoa Santa'', : The above is the original. There are other, later French and Portuguese translations not listed here. in which he describes the main features of the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	List Of Rivers Of Bahia List of rivers in Bahia (Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin from north to south, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name and ordered from downstream to upstream. All rivers in Bahia drain to the Atlantic Ocean. By Drainage Basin São Francisco Basin * São Francisco River Curaçá River Salitre River Jacaré River Vereda Pimenteira Verde River Grande River * Preto River Do Ouro River Riachão River Sapão River * Branco River ** Rio de Janeiro * Das Balsas River * Das Ondas River ** Das Pedras River * São Desidério River * Das Fêmeas River Galheirão River Roda Velha River * Das Porcos River Paramirim River * Juazeiro River Santo Onofre River Corrente River * Das Éguas River (Correntina River) Arrojado River * Do Meio River ** Guará River * Formoso River ** Pratudão River Das Rãs River * Carnaíba de Dentr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]