Brazilian semi-arid region

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geographical region semi-arid region

The Brazilian semi-arid region is a vast, predominantly dry area in northeastern Brazil characterized by low and irregular rainfall, caatinga vegetation, and frequent droughts.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
Caatinga 4
Caatinga biome 3
Sertão 3

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
semi-arid region ⓘ
averageAnnualRainfall 300–800 millimeters ⓘ
averageTemperature above 26 degrees Celsius ⓘ
characteristicFeature frequent droughts ⓘ
high evapotranspiration ⓘ
shallow and rocky soils ⓘ
water scarcity ⓘ
climateType semi-arid climate ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
coversArea about 1 million square kilometers ⓘ
about 11 percent of Brazil’s territory ⓘ
governedByPolicy Brazilian National Policy for the Development of the Semi-Arid Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAdaptationStrategy cisterns for rainwater harvesting ⓘ
irrigated agriculture along rivers ⓘ
water reservoirs ⓘ
hasBiome Caatinga biome NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCity Aracati NERFINISHED ⓘ
Campina Grande NERFINISHED ⓘ
Caruaru NERFINISHED ⓘ
Feira de Santana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Juazeiro NERFINISHED ⓘ
Juazeiro do Norte NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mossoró NERFINISHED ⓘ
Petrolina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sobral NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vitória da Conquista NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalIssue deforestation of caatinga ⓘ
desertification risk ⓘ
land degradation ⓘ
hasSeasonality long dry season ⓘ
short rainy season ⓘ
hasVegetationType caatinga ⓘ
seasonally dry tropical forest ⓘ
thorny scrub ⓘ
includesState Alagoas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bahia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ceará NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maranhão NERFINISHED ⓘ
Minas Gerais NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paraíba NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pernambuco NERFINISHED ⓘ
Piauí NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rio Grande do Norte NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sergipe NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor recurrent multi-year droughts ⓘ
unique caatinga biodiversity ⓘ
koppenClimateClassification BSh ⓘ
BShw ⓘ
locatedIn Northeast Region of Brazil ⓘ
Southeast Region of Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainCrops beans ⓘ
cassava ⓘ
cotton ⓘ
forage crops ⓘ
maize ⓘ
sisal ⓘ
mainEconomicActivity extensive livestock ranching ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
mainRiver São Francisco River NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Brazilian Northeast NERFINISHED ⓘ
rainfallPattern low and irregular rainfall ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Petrolina → belongsTo → Brazilian semi-arid region ⓘ
São Cristóvão → culturalRegion → Brazilian semi-arid region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sertão / Northeast Brazil
Northeast Region of Brazil → hasPart → Brazilian semi-arid region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sertão
Currais Novos → hasVegetation → Brazilian semi-arid region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caatinga
Agreste → separates → Brazilian semi-arid region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sertão
Agreste → borderedBy → Brazilian semi-arid region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sertão
Tauá → locatedInEcoregion → Brazilian semi-arid region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caatinga
Chapada do Araripe → hasEcosystemType → Brazilian semi-arid region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caatinga vegetation
Chapada do Araripe → partOf → Brazilian semi-arid region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caatinga biome
Sertão Sergipano → partOf → Brazilian semi-arid region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sertão Nordestino
Sertão Sergipano → biome → Brazilian semi-arid region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caatinga
Campina Grande → isPartOf → Brazilian semi-arid region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brazilian Semi-arid region
Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation → regionServed → Brazilian semi-arid region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caatinga
ICMBio → operatesIn → Brazilian semi-arid region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caatinga biome
Canindé → locatedIn → Brazilian semi-arid region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brazilian sertão
Penelope superciliaris → distributionRegion → Brazilian semi-arid region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caatinga region
Rio São Francisco → supportsEcosystem → Brazilian semi-arid region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caatinga biome