page_title: Imperatriz
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Imperatriz / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Português do Brasil: Praça Pedro Américo, bairro Três Poderes em Imperatriz Maranhão.
context_page_description: Imperatriz is the second most populated city in the northeastern Brazilian state of Maranhão. The city extends along the right bank of the Tocantins River and is crossed by the Belém-Brasília Highway, standing on the border with the state of Tocantins.
context_section_description: Western Maranhão forms the boundary between the Amazon Rainforest and the vast savanna region, known as the Cerrado. Imperatriz is the place of intersection of many major roads and waterways. The landscape is characterized by gallery forests and stream valleys. Humid fields and palm paths are found where the water table is near the surface. Cerrado trees have twisted trunks covered by a thick bark, and leaves which are usually broad and rigid. Most trees are evergreen, but some lose their leaves during the dry season. The thick bark and roots are adaptations for the periodic fires which sweep the landscape. This adaptation protect the plants from destruction and make them capable of sprouting again after the fire.
caption: Praça Pedro Américo, bairro Três Poderes em Imperatriz Maranhão.
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