There are five major regions in Brazil. The Amazon Basin , in the North, is the largest tropical rainforest in the world. It consists of lowlands covered with rain forest, criss-crossed by rivers. The Caraj s mountain range contains one of the worlds largest mineral reserves, rich in iron, manganese, copper, nickel and bauxite. The economy is mainly extractive.
Cattle raising is the main economic activity.
In the Southeast, the terrain consists of huge plateaus bordered in the East by the Serra do Mar mountain range. The main crops are coffee, cotton, corn and sugar cane. The southern plateau, with sub-tropical climate, is the countrys main agricultural region, where coffee, soybeans, corn and wheat are grown. In the far South, on the Rio Grande do Sul plains, cattle raising is the main economic activity. Finally, the mid-West region is made up of vast plains where cattle raising predominates.