Mato Grosso region of Brazil

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The Mato Grosso region of Brazil is a vast, sparsely populated area in west-central Brazil known for its dense rainforests, remote wilderness, and role as a historic frontier for explorers and adventurers.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Mato Grosso 5
Mato Grosso state 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf state of Brazil
area approximately 903357 square kilometers
borderedBy Amazonas
Bolivia
Goiás
Mato Grosso do Sul
Pará
Rondônia
Tocantins
capital Cuiabá
climate tropical
contains Araguaia River
Chapada dos Guimarães National Park
Juruena River
Paraguay River headwaters
Teles Pires River
Xingu Indigenous Park
country Brazil
countrySubdivisionType state
economySector agribusiness
cattle ranching
soybean production
etymology Portuguese for "thick forest" or "dense bush"
hasBiome savanna (Cerrado)
tropical rainforest
wetlands (Pantanal)
hasIndigenousPopulations Bororo people
Kayapó people
Xingu peoples
hasRegion Amazon rainforest
Brazilian Highlands
surface form: Cerrado

Pantanal
historicallyKnownAs frontier region for explorers and adventurers
historicalRole frontier of Brazilian westward expansion
knownFor Pantanal
surface form: Pantanal wetlands

agricultural frontier
dense rainforests
remote wilderness
vast sparsely populated territory
largestCity Cuiabá
locatedIn Central-West Region of Brazil
west-central Brazil
namedAfter dense forests (thick bush) in Portuguese
officialLanguage Portuguese
partOf Brazil
surface form: Federative Republic of Brazil
timeZone Amazon Time
Brasília Time

Referenced by (7)

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Pantanal countrySubdivision Mato Grosso region of Brazil
this entity surface form: Mato Grosso
Percy Fawcett explored Mato Grosso region of Brazil
German Brazilians majorSettlement Mato Grosso region of Brazil
this entity surface form: Mato Grosso
Paraguay River passesThrough Mato Grosso region of Brazil
this entity surface form: Mato Grosso
Fawcett placeOfDisappearance Mato Grosso region of Brazil
subject surface form: Percy Fawcett
this entity surface form: Mato Grosso
this entity surface form: Mato Grosso
Paraguay River sourceRegion Mato Grosso region of Brazil
this entity surface form: Mato Grosso state