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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mato Grosso | 5 |
| Mato Grosso region of Brazil canonical | 1 |
| Mato Grosso state | 1 |
| western Brazil | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T597662 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Mato Grosso region of Brazil Context triple: [Percy Fawcett, explored, Mato Grosso region of Brazil]
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A.
Pantanal
The Pantanal is one of the world’s largest tropical wetlands, renowned for its extraordinary biodiversity and vast seasonally flooded plains in central South America.
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B.
Southeast Region of Brazil
The Southeast Region of Brazil is the country’s most populous and economically developed area, encompassing major states and cities such as São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Minas Gerais.
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C.
Orinoco Belt
The Orinoco Belt is a vast oil-rich region in eastern Venezuela known for containing one of the world’s largest extra-heavy crude oil reserves.
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D.
Bahia
Bahia is a traditional Brazilian football club based in Salvador, known for its passionate fanbase and historic success in national competitions.
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E.
Amazon Basin
The Amazon Basin is the vast tropical drainage region of the Amazon River in South America, encompassing the world’s largest rainforest and one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Mato Grosso region of Brazil Target entity description: 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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A.
Pantanal
The Pantanal is one of the world’s largest tropical wetlands, renowned for its extraordinary biodiversity and vast seasonally flooded plains in central South America.
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B.
Southeast Region of Brazil
The Southeast Region of Brazil is the country’s most populous and economically developed area, encompassing major states and cities such as São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Minas Gerais.
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C.
Orinoco Belt
The Orinoco Belt is a vast oil-rich region in eastern Venezuela known for containing one of the world’s largest extra-heavy crude oil reserves.
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D.
Bahia
Bahia is a traditional Brazilian football club based in Salvador, known for its passionate fanbase and historic success in national competitions.
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E.
Amazon Basin
The Amazon Basin is the vast tropical drainage region of the Amazon River in South America, encompassing the world’s largest rainforest and one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth.
- F. None of above. chosen
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 ⓘ |
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Subject: Mato Grosso region of Brazil Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (8)
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