Brazil topographic maps
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São Paulo
Brazil > São Paulo > Região Metropolitana de São Paulo > São Paulo
São Paulo is in Southeastern Brazil, in southeastern São Paulo State, approximately halfway between Curitiba and Rio de Janeiro. The city is on a plateau placed beyond the Serra do Mar (Portuguese for "Sea Range" or "Coastal Range"), itself a component of the vast region known as the Brazilian Highlands,…
Average elevation: 785 m

Purus River
William Chandless found its elevation above sea level to be only 107 feet (33 m) 590 miles (950 km) from its mouth. It is one of the most crooked streams in the world, and its length in a straight line is less than half of its length following its curves. It is practically only a drainage ditch for the…
Average elevation: 133 m

Boa Esperança
Brazil > Rio de Janeiro > Região Metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro > Rio Bonito
Average elevation: 102 m

Brasília
Brazil > Federal District > Região Integrada de Desenvolvimento do Distrito Federal e Entorno
The city sits at an elevation of 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) and more, high on the Brazilian Highlands in the country's center-western region. Paranoá Lake, a large artificial lake, was built to increase the amount of water available and to maintain the region's humidity. It has a marina, and hosts wakeboarders…
Average elevation: 1,084 m

Algarve
Brazil > Rio Grande do Sul > Metropolitan Region of Porto Alegre > Alvorada
Average elevation: 45 m

Rosa
Brazil > Goiás > Região Integrada de Desenvolvimento do Distrito Federal e Entorno > Pirenópolis
Average elevation: 780 m

Taquaraçu de Minas
Brazil > Minas Gerais > Região Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte
Average elevation: 874 m

Amazon River
During what many archaeologists called the formative stage, Amazonian societies were deeply involved in the emergence of South America's highland agrarian systems. The trade with Andean civilizations in the terrains of the headwaters in the Andes formed an essential contribution to the social and religious…
Average elevation: 5 m

Vital Brazil
Brazil > Rio de Janeiro > Região Metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro > Niterói > Região Praias da Baía
Average elevation: 41 m

Dois Vizinhos
Dois Vizinhos ("Two Neighbours" in English) gained its municipality on November 28, 1961. It is a Brazilian municipality in the southwestern state of Paraná, situated in the southwestern mesoregion of the state and in the microregion of Francisco Beltrão. It is at an average altitude of 509 meters in…
Average elevation: 512 m

Contagem
Brazil > Minas Gerais > Região Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte
The city belongs to the metropolitan mesoregion and to the microregion of Belo Horizonte, has a territorial extension of 195.2 square kilometres (75.4 square miles), and borders the municipalities of Ribeirão das Neves, Esmeraldas, Betim, Ibirité and Belo Horizonte. The elevation of the city hall is 939…
Average elevation: 887 m

Bela Vista
Brazil > São Paulo > Região Metropolitana de São Paulo > São Paulo
Average elevation: 796 m

Mauá
Brazil > São Paulo > Região Metropolitana de São Paulo
The city has a special characteristic hydrographic: not be crossed by any water course from another city, since, due to the high altitude, all streams that cross the territory of Mauá has their sources inside the city limits.
Average elevation: 805 m

Campo Belo
Campo Belo's climate can be classified as tropical altitude, with yearly average temperature of 23.5 °C (74.3 °F). The Köppen climate classification of the region is Cwa (Tropical on high altitudes, humid/warm summer and a dry/cool winter).
Average elevation: 866 m

Amazon River
Brazil > Amazonas > Itacoatiara
During what many archaeologists called the formative stage, Amazonian societies were deeply involved in the emergence of South America's highland agrarian systems. The trade with Andean civilizations in the terrains of the headwaters in the Andes formed an essential contribution to the social and religious…
Average elevation: 11 m

Campos do Jordão
Brazil > São Paulo > Região Metropolitana do Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte
The city's economy is based mainly on tourism; due to its location at high elevation in the Mantiqueira Mountains, and traditional European-style architecture. Buildings are mostly vernacular architecture from German, Swiss, or Italian models. Many of the wealthiest residents in the state of São Paulo have…
Average elevation: 1,358 m

Ribeirão Pires
Brazil > São Paulo > Região Metropolitana de São Paulo
Ribeirão Pires (Pires Stream) is a city in the Metropolitan Region of the city of São Paulo, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It is part of the "ABC Region” of Greater São Paulo. The population is 124,159 (2020 est.) in an area of 99.1 km2. The elevation is 763 m.
Average elevation: 799 m

Monte Alto
Brazil > São Paulo > Região Metropolitana de Ribeirão Preto
Monte Alto (Portuguese for "High Hill") is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil founded on May 15, 1881. The population is 50,772 (2020 est.) in an area of 347 km². The elevation is 735 m. Its motto is (from Latin) Mons Altus Semper Altius (High Hill Always Higher). The sanctuary and mausoleum…
Average elevation: 606 m

Parque Estadual da Cantareira
Brazil > São Paulo > Região Metropolitana de São Paulo > São Paulo
There are four visitor centers: Pedra Grande, Engordador, Águas Claras and Cabuçu. The Pedra Grande center has a lookout over the city at 1,010 metres (3,310 ft) of altitude. The park is open for scheduled school groups during the week, and to the general public on weekends. It is an important leisure…
Average elevation: 841 m

Itaipu Dam
Brazil > Paraná > Foz do Iguaçu
325 metres (1,066 ft), entire dam including the 100 metres (330 ft) high Power Line 4 Pylons atop the Barrage 260 metres (850 ft), dam + the foundation inside water until the river floor 247 metres (810 ft), 196 metres (643 ft) high of roof reinforcement concrete dam + Cranes atop the Barrage 225 metres (738…
Average elevation: 192 m

Igaratá
Brazil > São Paulo > Região Metropolitana do Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte
Igaratá is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte. The population is 9,583 (2020 est.) in an area of 292.95 km². The elevation is 745 m. This place name comes from the Tupi language.
Average elevation: 802 m

Alto da Boa Vista
Brazil > Rio de Janeiro > Região Metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro > Rio de Janeiro
Average elevation: 245 m

Corcovado
Brazil > Rio de Janeiro > Região Metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro > Rio de Janeiro
Average elevation: 221 m

Itatiba
Brazil > São Paulo > Região Metropolitana de Campinas
Itatiba is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil, approximately 80 km from the State Capital. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Campinas. The population in 2022 was 121 590 in an area of 322.269 km². The average elevation is 750 m. The place's name comes from the Tupi Guarani language,…
Average elevation: 802 m

Cajamar
Brazil > São Paulo > Região Metropolitana de São Paulo
Cajamar has become a center of logistics in Brazil, Prologis Recently opened Prologis Cajamar II Cajamar is located at an average altitude of 760 meters.
Average elevation: 796 m

Amazon River
During what many archaeologists called the formative stage, Amazonian societies were deeply involved in the emergence of South America's highland agrarian systems. The trade with Andean civilizations in the terrains of the headwaters in the Andes formed an essential contribution to the social and religious…
Average elevation: 10 m

Ribeirão Preto
Brazil > São Paulo > Região Metropolitana de Ribeirão Preto
Ribeirão Preto is the eighth-largest municipality in the State with 650.9 km2 (251.3 sq mi). It has an estimated population of 720,216 in 2021 and a metropolitan area of 1,178,910. It is located 313 km (194 mi) from the city of São Paulo and 706 km (439 mi) from Brasília, the federal capital. Its mean…
Average elevation: 612 m

Sitio Borda da Mata
Brazil > São Paulo > Região Metropolitana de São Paulo > Franco da Rocha
Average elevation: 793 m

Maresias
Brazil > São Paulo > Região Metropolitana do Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte > São Sebastião
Average elevation: 318 m

District of Jardim Presidente Dutra
Brazil > São Paulo > Região Metropolitana de São Paulo > Guarulhos
Average elevation: 772 m

Nova Contagem
Brazil > Minas Gerais > Região Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte > Contagem
Average elevation: 907 m

Praça Bartolomeu de Messina
Brazil > São Paulo > Região Metropolitana de São Paulo > São Paulo
Average elevation: 790 m

Guarapuava
Guarapuava is located at 25°23'36" S and 51°27'19" W. The region is known as the centre of the state of Paraná, in the third plateau, also called the Plateau of Guarapuava. Discovered by the Portuguese in 1770, and founded in 1810, the city's name derives from tupi guarani, meaning place of Maned wolves…
Average elevation: 1,001 m