Brazil
is a country advantaged in various aspects about the extent
of the territory has a continental measurement, since it occupies
much of the land of South America.
The Brazilian territory is located
in its entirety in the West, as well as being almost entirely
in the southern hemisphere is cut by parallel in the far north
of Ecuador and only 7% is in the northern hemisphere.
To achieve the precise location
of Brazil and other countries, apart from of point of the
planet, it is necessary to the use of geographical coordinates.
These are nothing more than the latitudes and longitudes.
The latitudes explain the points
in degrees of a particular place along the land surface, by
reference to the Line of Ecuador towards north and south.
Already the longitudes show
the position in degrees of a particular point on earth that
has as main location the Prime Meridian towards east or west.
The area is abundant with which Brazil
has three zones, since east-west is quite extensive, is 4,319
km from one point to another extreme.
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