Observe the map of Brazil and answer the following questions (any four) :[Map: ‘BRAZIL – Physiography and Drainage’. In the far north, along the border with Venezuela and Guyana, are the Guiana Highlands with the highest peak marked. South of them is…
Q.4 (B) Observe the map of Brazil and answer the following questions (any four) :
[Map: ‘BRAZIL – Physiography and Drainage’. In the far north, along the border with Venezuela and Guyana, are the Guiana Highlands with the highest peak marked. South of them is the vast low-lying Amazon basin, with the river Amazon flowing from west to east and entering the Atlantic Ocean; tributaries such as the Negro join it from the north and the Madeira, Tapajós and Xingu from the south. A large island is marked at the mouth of the Amazon. Most of central and south-eastern Brazil is shown as the Brazilian Highlands, edged on the Atlantic side by the Great Escarpment and a narrow coastal plain. The river São Francisco rises in the highlands, flows northwards and then turns east to the Atlantic. In the south-west, along the river Paraguay, a large low-lying wetland is shown. The Paraná and Uruguay rivers flow southwards. The Equator is drawn across the north and the Tropic of Capricorn across the south.]
(1) Name the highlands in the extreme north of Brazil.
(2) In which direction does the river Amazon flow ?
(3) Name the low-lying wetland shown in the south-west of Brazil.
(4) Name the island at the mouth of the Amazon.
(5) Which physiographic division covers most of central and south-eastern Brazil ?
[Map: ‘BRAZIL – Physiography and Drainage’. In the far north, along the border with Venezuela and Guyana, are the Guiana Highlands with the highest peak marked. South of them is the vast low-lying Amazon basin, with the river Amazon flowing from west to east and entering the Atlantic Ocean; tributaries such as the Negro join it from the north and the Madeira, Tapajós and Xingu from the south. A large island is marked at the mouth of the Amazon. Most of central and south-eastern Brazil is shown as the Brazilian Highlands, edged on the Atlantic side by the Great Escarpment and a narrow coastal plain. The river São Francisco rises in the highlands, flows northwards and then turns east to the Atlantic. In the south-west, along the river Paraguay, a large low-lying wetland is shown. The Paraná and Uruguay rivers flow southwards. The Equator is drawn across the north and the Tropic of Capricorn across the south.]
(1) Name the highlands in the extreme north of Brazil.
(2) In which direction does the river Amazon flow ?
(3) Name the low-lying wetland shown in the south-west of Brazil.
(4) Name the island at the mouth of the Amazon.
(5) Which physiographic division covers most of central and south-eastern Brazil ?