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Tamandaré
Tamandarë (Brazilian Portuguese: ''Tamandaré''; Old Tupi: ''Tamandûaré'', lit. "different") is a coastal municipality about south of Recife, the capital city of the Brazilian state of Pernambuco. Geography * State - Pernambuco * Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana * Boundaries - Rio Formoso and Sirinhaém (N); Barreiros (S); Água Preta (W); Atlantic Ocean (E) * Area - * Elevation - 8 m * Vegetation - Coconut trees and Atlantic forest * Clima - Hot tropical and humid * Annual average temperature - 25.3 c * Distance to Recife - 103 km The municipality contains part of the strictly protected Saltinho Biological Reserve, a conservation unit created in 1983. Beaches *Tamandaré beach Urbanized, has two kilometers long of sand and a number of tourist facilities. Has small waves and fine sand. Easy to reach from Recife and Caruaru. *Boca da Barra beach At low tide is formed natural pools. Suitable for swimming, has a dense mangrove vegetation in the estuary o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saltinho Biological Reserve
Saltinho Biological Reserve ( pt, Reserva Biológica de Saltinho) is a Biological Reserve near Tamandaré in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. It contains a sample of the tropical Atlantic Forest biome. History The reserve lies in the Rio Formoso and Tamandaré municipalities of Pernambuco. The reserve, which covers of Atlantic Forest biome, was established on 21 September 1983. It is managed by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation. Objectives included protecting rare, endemic and threatened species of native flora and fauna, helping preserve and restore the Atlantic Forest in the state, and supporting scientific research. Location The terrain is coastal plain of sedimentary origin, with small hills and ridges. Altitude ranges from . The soils are very deep and well-drained. The Saltinho river, after which the reserve is named, originates a few kilometres upstream from the reserve, and is dammed in the reserve to supply water to the city of Tamandaré. The a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pernambuco
Pernambuco () is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.6 million people as of 2020, making it seventh-most populous state of Brazil and with around 98,148 km², being the 19th-largest in area among federative units of the country, it is the sixth-most densely populated with around 89 people per km². Its capital and largest city, Recife, is one of the most important economic and urban hubs in the country. Based on 2019 estimates, the Recife Metropolitan Region is seventh-most populous in the country, and the second-largest in northeastern Brazil. In 2015, the state had 4.6% of the national population and produced 2.8% of the national gross domestic product (GDP). The contemporary state inherits its name from the Captaincy of Pernambuco, established in 1534. The region was originally inhabited by Tupi-Guarani-speaking peoples. European colonization began in the 16th century, under mostly Portuguese rule ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio Formoso
Rio Formoso (English: ''River Handsome''), is a municipality in Pernambuco with 23,628 inhabitants. Geography * State - Pernambuco * Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana * Boundaries - Sirinhaém (N); Tamandaré (S); Gameleira (W); Tamandaré and Atlantic Ocean (E) * Area - 239.8 km2 * Elevation - 5 m * Vegetation - Forest Subperenifólia * Climate - Hot tropical and humid * Annual average temperature - 25.2 c * Distance to Recife - 91 km The municipality contains part of the strictly protected Saltinho Biological Reserve, a conservation unit created in 1983. Beaches *Pedra beach and Reduto beach There are the only two beaches in ''Rio Formoso''. The major attraction is the estuary of the Formoso River. Has an extensive area of coconut trees, sand banks and natural reefs. Economy The main economic activities in Rio Formoso are based in food and beverage industry and agribusiness. Especially, coconuts, sugarcane, and creations of cattle Cattle (' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sirinhaém
Sirinhaém is a municipality in Pernambuco with 46,361 inhabitants. The town was founded in 1614 making it among the oldest in the state. The Mayor is Camila Machado Leocadio Lins Dos Santos (PP, 2021 – 2024). Access BR-101, PE-060, PE-064 (via Cabo de Santo Agostinho) Geography * State - Pernambuco * Region - RMR (Recife) * Boundaries - Ipojuca and Escada (N); Rio Formoso and Tamandaré (S); Ribeirão (W); Atlantic Ocean (E) * Area - 378.8 km2 * Elevation - 49 m * Vegetation - Forest Subperenifólia and Coconut trees * Climate - Hot tropical and humid * Mean and high annual temperatures - 20.1 °C; 29.5 °C * Distance to Recife - 65 km Beaches *Gamela beach Beach of clear water, reefs and extensive areas of coconut trees. It has some bars and ''Palhoças'' (tents) offering typical food of the region (based in fish and seafood). *Guadalupe beach Still almost virgin in its 3 kilometers long. Its part of the ''Gold Coast Project'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barreiros, Pernambuco
Barreiros (''Barriers'') is a municipality in Pernambuco with 42,764 inhabitants. Geography * State - Pernambuco * Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana * Boundaries - Tamandaré (N); Alagoas state and São José da Coroa Grande (S); Água Preta (W); Atlantic Ocean (E) * Area - 233.37 km2 * Elevation - 22m * Vegetation - Forest Subperenifólia * Clima - Hot tropical and humid * Annual average temperature - 24.9C * Distance to Recife - 106 km Beaches Economy The main economic activities in Barreiros are based in commerce, tourism and agribusiness. Especially coconuts, manioc, sugarcane, bananas; and creations of cattle and buffalos. Economic indicators Economy by sector 2006 Health Health, according to the World Health Organization, is "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity".World Health Organization. (2006)''Constitution of the World Health Organiza ... indicators Notable people * Ira ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Água Preta
Água Preta (''Black Water'') is a Brazilian municipality (city) in the state of Pernambuco. It covers , and has a population of 37,082 with a population density of 62.05 inhabitants per square kilometer. Água Preta was founded as a district of the municipality of Rio Formoso in 10 de novembro 1809. It became an independent municipality on July 3, 1895. The Praieira revolt (1848-1849), which originated Recife, spread to Água Preta in its first year. Captain Pedro Ivo Veloso da Silveira (? - 1852) took refuge in the forests of Agua Preta after the defeat of his faction in Recife and organized a guerrilla resistance for two years before his surrender. Geography * State - Pernambuco * Region - Zona da mata Pernambucana * Boundaries - Ribeirão (N); Barreiros and Alagoas state (S); Palmares, Xexéu and Joaquim Nabuco (W); Tamandaré and Gameleira (E) * Area - * Elevation - * Hydrography - Una and Sirinhaém Rivers * Vegetation - Subperenifólia forest * Climate - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Tupi
Old Tupi, Ancient Tupi or Classical Tupi (also spelled as Tupí) is an extinct Tupian language which was spoken by the aboriginal Tupi people of Brazil, mostly those who inhabited coastal regions in South and Southeast Brazil. It belongs to the Tupi–Guarani language family, and has a written history spanning the 16th, 17th, and early 18th centuries. In the early colonial period, Tupi was used as a '' lingua franca'' throughout Brazil by Europeans and aboriginal Americans, and had literary usage, but it was later suppressed almost to extinction. Today, only one modern descendant is living, the Nheengatu language. The names Old Tupi or classical Tupi are used for the language in English and by modern scholars (it is referred to as in Portuguese), but native speakers called it variously "the good language", "common language", "human language", in Old Tupi, or, in Portuguese, "general language", "Amazonian general language", "Brazilian language". History Old Tupi was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tide Pool
A tide pool or rock pool is a shallow pool of seawater that forms on the rocky intertidal shore. Many of these pools exist as separate bodies of water only at low tide. Many tide pool habitats are home to especially adaptable animals that have engaged the attention of naturalists and marine biologists, as well as philosophical essayists: John Steinbeck wrote in '' The Log from the Sea of Cortez'', "It is advisable to look from the tide pool to the stars and then back to the tide pool." Zones from shallow to deep The rocky shoreline exhibits zonation as a feature of the shoreline. Tidal movements of water creates zonation patterns along rocky shores from high to low-tide. The area above the high-tide mark is the supralittoral zone which is virtually a terrestrial environment. The area around the high-tide mark is known as the intertidal fringe. Between the high and low-tide marks is the intertidal or littoral zone. Below the low-tide mark is the sublittoral or subt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reef
A reef is a ridge or shoal of rock, coral or similar relatively stable material, lying beneath the surface of a natural body of water. Many reefs result from natural, abiotic component, abiotic processes—deposition (geology), deposition of sand, wave erosion planing down rock outcrops, etc.—but there are also reefs such as the coral reefs of tropical waters formed by biotic component, biotic processes dominated by corals and coralline algae, and artificial reefs such as shipwrecks and other anthropogenic underwater structures may occur intentionally or as the result of an accident, and sometimes have a designed role in enhancing the physical complexity of featureless sand bottoms, to attract a more diverse assemblage of organisms. Reefs are often quite near to the surface, but not all definitions require this. Earth's largest coral reef system is the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, at a length of over . Biotic There is a variety of biotic reef types, including oyster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landscape
A landscape is the visible features of an area of land, its landforms, and how they integrate with natural or man-made features, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.''New Oxford American Dictionary''. A landscape includes the physical elements of geophysically defined landforms such as (ice-capped) mountains, hills, water bodies such as rivers, lakes, ponds and the sea, living elements of land cover including indigenous vegetation, human elements including different forms of land use, buildings, and structures, and transitory elements such as lighting and weather conditions. Combining both their physical origins and the cultural overlay of human presence, often created over millennia, landscapes reflect a living synthesis of people and place that is vital to local and national identity. The character of a landscape helps define the self-image of the people who inhabit it and a sense of place that differentiates one region from other regions. It is t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summer
Summer is the hottest of the four temperate seasons, occurring after spring and before autumn. At or centred on the summer solstice, the earliest sunrise and latest sunset occurs, daylight hours are longest and dark hours are shortest, with day length decreasing as the season progresses after the solstice. The date of the beginning of summer varies according to climate, tradition, and culture. When it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, it is winter in the Southern Hemisphere, and vice versa. Timing From an astronomical view, the equinoxes and solstices would be the middle of the respective seasons, but sometimes astronomical summer is defined as starting at the solstice, the time of maximal insolation, often identified with the 21st day of June or December. By solar reckoning, summer instead starts on May Day and the summer solstice is Midsummer. A variable seasonal lag means that the meteorological centre of the season, which is based on average temperatur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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