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Publication Date
3-19-2009
Description
A dusty stretch of the Transamazon "highway". With the exception of a few trees, most of the original equatorial rain forest along its over 2,500 km has been devastated. In the 1970s, various other major highways were built to link the region with the rest of the country, such as the Belém -Brasilia (2,100 km) and the Cuiabá -Porto VelhoRio Branco (1900 km)/Manaus (2,300 km) highways.Um trecho empoirado da Transamazónica. Com exceção de poucas árvores, a maior parte da floresta equatorial original de 2.500 km tem sido devastada. Nos anos 70 várias outras rodovias de grande porte foram construídas para ligar a região ao resto do país, tais como a Belém-Brasília (2.100 km) e a Cuiabá-Porto Velho-Rio Banco (1.900 km)/Manaus (2.300 km).
Publisher
Latin American and Iberian Institute / University of New Mexico
Rights
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
Keywords
Brazil: Belem Manaus
