5 Themes of Geography
By Soren Vogelsang
Location
Rio de Janeiro is a large city located on the coast of southeast Brazil. The exact location of Rio de Janeiro is 22.9068 S, 43.1729 W. Rio de Janeiro is located about 700 miles southeast of Brasilia, the capital of Brazil. The seaside city of Rio de Janeiro has an amazing location on the coast of the Atlantic ocean with lots to do and explore.
Place
Rio de Janeiro is a very interesting place with lots of trees and thick forests including the man-made Tijuca Forest which covers most of Rio. One of Rio’s most prized human features is the massive 98 foot Christ the Redeemer statue atop Mount Corcovado. Copacabana Beach is a popular beach lined with boardwalks, cafes, and bars there are also many activities including volleyball, football (soccer), running trails, and weightlifting. Rio de Janeiro offers a tropical climate near the Tropic of Capricorn and lots of animals including Anteaters, armadillos, sloths, and monkeys. With Christ the Redeemer, Copacabana beach, and Tijuca
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Rio de Janeiro relies greatly on the Amazon river for food, water, and fertile soil to grow crops for money. The Tijuca Forest is also a positive factor in our environment in that humans have made a place for wild animals to live, thrive, and grow. Rio also has many bad human interactions including polluted waterways, super bacteria, poaching, and zika, these are bad actions by humans that are harming the environment, we can stop these bad interactions with the environment by having better law enforcement and picking up more trash to make Rio a better place. Rio has natural interactions too like mudslides and floods, in 2011 a flood attacked Rio along with mudslides and landslides causing over 1,700 deaths. We have affected Rio and Rio has affected us but if we help to preserve and keep Rio clean we will have this magnificent city for a much longer
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Rio de Janeiro is a huge seaside city in Brazil, famous for its Copacabana and Ipanema beaches, 38m Christ the Redeemer statue at the top of Mt. Corcovado and Sugarloaf, a granite monolith with cable cars to its summit. The city is also known for its sprawling favelas (shanty towns), and its exuberant Carnival festival, featuring parade floats, flamboyant costumes and samba, is considered the world’s largest. With its plentiful beaches, dramatic mountains, and backdrop of samba and bossa nova rhythms, it's easy to fall in love here.
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Other difficulties faced are recurring droughts in north eastern Brazil, occasional frost in the southern region and deforestation in the Amazon Basin which destroys the habitat and endangers a multitude of plant and animal species indigenous to the area. Additionally, air and water pollution in Rio de Janeiro and other large cities, land degradation and water pollution caused by improper mining activities, wetland degradation, and severe oil spills are areas of concern.
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