Brazil topographic maps
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São Paulo
Brazil > São Paulo > Região Metropolitana de São Paulo > São Paulo
São Paulo is in Southeastern Brazil, in southeastern São Paulo State, approximately halfway between Curitiba and Rio de Janeiro. The city is on a plateau placed beyond the Serra do Mar (Portuguese for "Sea Range" or "Coastal Range"), itself a component of the vast region known as the Brazilian Highlands,…
Average elevation: 785 m
Juiz de Fora
Although lying within tropical latitudes the climate is relatively mild. The altitude of 700 to 900 m (2,300 to 3,000 ft) makes the weather usually cooler and rainier than the lower surrounding areas. Under the Köppen climate classification Juiz de Fora's climate is classified as a humid subtropical climate…
Average elevation: 675 m
Brumado
Brumado (Portuguese: [bɾuˈma.du] ) is a Brazilian municipality in the interior of Bahia, in the Northeast region of the country, precisely in the Center-South mesoregion of the State, in the homonymous microregion to the do municipality name, to the do 555 kilometers from Salvador, state capital. Its…
Average elevation: 563 m
Praça Barão do Rio Branco
Brazil > São Paulo > Região Metropolitana do Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte > Jacareí
Average elevation: 581 m
Morada Nova de Minas
Morada Nova de Minas belongs to the statistical micro-region of Três Marias. It is located at an elevation of 594 meters on the banks of the Três Marias Dam, which dams up the São Francisco River. Neighboring municipalities are.
Average elevation: 672 m
Brasília
Brazil > Federal District > Região Integrada de Desenvolvimento do Distrito Federal e Entorno
The city sits at an elevation of 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) and more, high on the Brazilian Highlands in the country's center-western region. Paranoá Lake, a large artificial lake, was built to increase the amount of water available and to maintain the region's humidity. It has a marina, and hosts wakeboarders…
Average elevation: 1,084 m
Campos Novos
Campos Novos is divided into eight districts: the Seat, Bela Vista, Dal Pai, Espinilho, Encruzilhada, Guarani, Ibicuí, and Leão. The Seat was the most populous, with 23,359 inhabitants. The 20th century saw the creation and elevation of several municipal districts to city status, with the last territorial…
Average elevation: 823 m
Lavras
Lavras is a municipality in southern Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Located at an altitude of 919 m, it has a population of 104,761 inhabitants (2022). The area of the municipality is 564.495 km2. The average annual temperature is 19.6°C and the average annual rainfall is 1,511 millimetres.
Average elevation: 902 m
São Bernardo do Campo
Brazil > São Paulo > Região Metropolitana de São Paulo
São Bernardo do Campo is located in the top of the Serra do Mar, on the Atlantic plateau. It occupies an area of 407.1 square kilometre. The altitude varies from a low of 60 meters above sea level at the foot of the mountain range where Rio Passareúva with the Rio Pilões rivers meet, to 986.5 meters at the…
Average elevation: 665 m
São Francisco Xavier
Brazil > Rio de Janeiro > Região Metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro > Rio de Janeiro
Average elevation: 35 m
Mirassolândia
Brazil > São Paulo > Região Metropolitana de São José do Rio Preto
Average elevation: 495 m
Campos Altos
Campos Altos is located at an elevation of 1,050 m (3,440 ft), 85 km (53 mi) east of Araxá on highway BR-216. The distance to the state capital, Belo Horizonte, is 264 km (164 mi). Neighboring municipalities are: Rio Paranaíba (N), São Gotardo (NE), Santa Rosa da Serra (E), Córrego Danta, (SE) Tapiraí…
Average elevation: 1,036 m
Amazon River
During what many archaeologists called the formative stage, Amazonian societies were deeply involved in the emergence of South America's highland agrarian systems. The trade with Andean civilizations in the terrains of the headwaters in the Andes formed an essential contribution to the social and religious…
Average elevation: 4 m
Bambuí
The city center of Bambuí is located at an elevation of 706 meters on a plateau and straddles the 20th parallel. Neighboring municipalities are: Tapiraí and Córrego Danta (N), Luz (NE), Iguatama (E), Doresópolis (SE), Piumhi (S), São Roque de Minas and Medeiros (W).
Average elevation: 739 m
Bento Gonçalves
The average elevation of Bento Gonçalves is 690 meters above the sea level.
Average elevation: 489 m
Nova Petrópolis
Nova Petrópolis is a municipality in the Southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The main seat of the municipality is also called Nova Petrópolis. It is located in the Serra Gaúcha region, at 29º22'35" South, 51º06'52" West, about 90 km (56 mi) north of Porto Alegre, the state capital city. Nova…
Average elevation: 419 m
Alto Paraíso de Goiás
The history of Alto Paraíso dates back to the middle of the 18th century, when a cattle ranch was set up by Francisco de Almeida. He called the region Veadeiros (related to deer). The first settlers raised cattle and wheat, due to high altitude and colder climate. In 1938, Veadeiros appeared as a district of…
Average elevation: 867 m
Comercial Norte
Brazil > Paraíba > Região Metropolitana de João Pessoa > Bayeux
Average elevation: 40 m
Ubá
The city sits in a valley and has only 5% of its area flat, the rest being rugged. The altitude ranges from 295 meters to 875 meters.
Average elevation: 463 m
Lins de Vasconcelos
Brazil > Rio de Janeiro > Região Metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro > Rio de Janeiro
Average elevation: 128 m
Paraíba
Paraíba, located in the eastern portion of the broader Northeast region, is one of 27 states of Brazil. Its total area is 56,467.242 km2, making it the seventh smallest state in the country and the fourth smallest in the Northeast. The distance between its north and south extremities is 263 kilometers, and…
Average elevation: 310 m
Kobayat Líbano
Brazil > São Paulo > Região Metropolitana de Piracicaba > Piracicaba
Average elevation: 521 m
Itajubá
Itajubá is a municipality in southeastern Minas Gerais state of the Federative Republic of Brazil. It lies in a valley by the Sapucaí river and has terrain elevations ranging from 827 to 1500 metres, occupying an area of 290.45 km2 (112.14 mi2), with a population of 97,334 people (2020 est). Neighboring the…
Average elevation: 1,049 m
Queimados
Brazil > Rio de Janeiro > Região Metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro
Queimados (Portuguese pronunciation: [kejˈmadus]) is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. It is located at 22º42'58" south latitude and 43º33'19" west longitude, at an altitude of 29 meters. Its population was 151,335 (2020) and its area is 75 km2. The city is divided into 37…
Average elevation: 61 m
Vista Alegre
Brazil > Rio de Janeiro > Região Metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro > Rio de Janeiro
Average elevation: 18 m
Região Norte
Brazil > Rio de Janeiro > Região Metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro > Niterói
Average elevation: 54 m
Estrada Carlos Dreyer
Brazil > Rio Grande do Sul > Metropolitan Region of Porto Alegre > Igrejinha
Average elevation: 622 m
Sapucaia do Sul
Brazil > Rio Grande do Sul > Metropolitan Region of Porto Alegre
Average elevation: 30 m
Itu
Brazil > São Paulo > Região Metropolitana de Sorocaba
Itu is a historic city and municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Sorocaba. The population was 175,568 as of 2020, in an area of 640.72 km2. The elevation is 583 m. This place name comes from the Tupi language, meaning big waterfall. Two rivers flow through…
Average elevation: 630 m
Passo Fundo
Lying near latitude 28° South at an elevation of 690 m (2,260 ft), Passo Fundo has a humid subtropical climate. The annual mean temperature is 17.7 °C (63.9 °F) with highs of 28.4 °C (83.1 °F) in January and 18.3 °C (64.9 °F) in July and lows of 17.7 °C (63.9 °F) in January and 8.8 °C (47.8 °F) in…
Average elevation: 618 m
Ouro Verde de Minas
Ouro Verde de Minas is located at an elevation of 549 meters, 49 km. southeast of Teófilo Otoni. The distance to the state capital, Belo Horizonte, is 494 km. Neighboring municipalities are: Teófilo Otoni, Ataléia, and Frei Gaspar.
Average elevation: 546 m
Mato Grosso do Sul
The "cerrado" landscape is characterized by extensive savanna formations crossed by gallery forests and stream valleys. This ecosystem includes various types of vegetation. Humid fields and "buriti" palm paths are found where the water table is near the surface. Alpine pastures occur at higher altitudes, and…
Average elevation: 349 m
Areia Branca
The territory of Areia Branca covers 342.749 square kilometers (132.336 sq mi), of which 6.5913 square kilometres (2.5449 sq mi) constitutes the urban area. It sits at an average altitude of 3 meters above sea level. Areia Branca borders these municipalities: to the south, Serra do Mel and Porto do Mangue; to…
Average elevation: 55 m
Condominio Verde Perto
Brazil > Federal District > Região Integrada de Desenvolvimento do Distrito Federal e Entorno > Guará
Average elevation: 1,099 m
Reserva Extrativista Acaú-Goiana
Brazil > Pernambuco > Região Metropolitana do Recife > Goiana
Average elevation: 39 m
Serra do Intendente State Park
Brazil > Minas Gerais > Conceição do Mato Dentro
Average elevation: 1,081 m
Baependi
The population of Baependi as of 2020 was estimated to be 19,199 people living at an altitude of 893 meters. The area of the municipality is 751.748 km2. The city belongs to the mesoregion of Sul e Sudoeste de Minas and to the microregion of São Lourenço. 21°57′S 44°53′W / 21.950°S 44.883°W…
Average elevation: 1,109 m
