Statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio
Brazil has a total area of 8,547,877 km2, which stretches from the equator to the tropic of Capricorn. The country occupies a large area along the eastern coast of South America and includes a much of the interior of the continent.
The country is by far the largest in Latin America , covering almost half of the area of the South American continent. It shares land borders with Uruguay and Argentina to the south, Paraguay to the south-southwest, the Bolivia in the west-southwest, the Peru in the west, Colombia in the west- northwest, the Venezuela to the northwest, Guyana to the northwest, and finally Suriname and Guyana to the north.
Because of its size, Brazil shares a common border with all the countries of South America , with the exception of Ecuador and Chile . The Brazilian territory also includes a number of islands or islets, such as Fernando de Noronha, Atoll das Rocas, the islands of Saint Peter and Saint Paul as well as the archipelago of Trindade and Martin Vaz. Its size, relief, climate and natural resources make Brazil a geographically diverse country.
Brazil is the fifth country in the world by area, after Russia , Canada, the United States and China , as well as the third in America, behind Canada and the United States .
Aerial footage of Brazil
