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Agreste
Sign in to saveThe agreste (, "countryside") is a narrow zone of Brazil in the states of Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe and Bahia between the coastal forest zona da mata and the semiarid sertão. The agreste fades out after it reaches Rio Grande do Norte due to the break of the mountain chain that blocks air currents from the Atlantic Ocean. This barrier is what induces high rainfall in the coastal Atlantic forest zone.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- subregion
- Country
- Brazil
- Shares border with
- Sertão
- Location
- Northeast Region
- Image
- Pedra do Cordeiro 3.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Climate
- See also
- References
== See also == History of Brazil Brazilian literature Drought Brazil Socio-Geographic Division Sertão Droughts Tieta do Agreste, a Brazilian novel and film Caatinga
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Agreste” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.