With its 906.806.9 square kilometers (eg Switzerland: 40 000 km2) Mato Grosso is the 3 largest state of the 26 existing in Brazil. But this huge area live only around 2.5 million inhabitants. (Switzerland: 7 Mio).

Siriema, bird symbol of M.T.

Although baptized in Mato Grosso, large areas have little forest. The big exception is in the northern border with the Amazon and the Pantanal in the south. That over 230 000 square kilometers, with 2 seasons: the drought and the rain. In this ecological paradise, the largest area of fresh water from flooding the world, 650 kinds of live birds (including 25 types of Papageios), 90 mammals, 100 reptiles and 2000 plants.

The Pantanal is one of the last refuges for many expectations that are endangered. This ecological reserve not only the practice of shooting or observation and is a delight, but also the fishing. The Pantanal is counted as one of the richest regions in the world for fishing. Piranhas are in schools. More than 20 qualities are extremely vegetarian, carnivorous and are not as bad as the reputation that they are assigned.

The climate is tropical in Mato Grosso, and the capital Cuiabá the average annual temperature is 26 degrees Celsius. The average rainfall is greater than 1500 Militros, where most are concentrated between the months of November through April. The main source of income is the state's cattle, followed by soybean, cotton, tea, mate, corn, rice, sugar cane and tobacco. And in the forest in the north is extracted rubber.

The search for gold in Mato Grosso in the 18th century led to the urbanization came here. Even today the search for gold and diamond is still a lot of importance. Even so many parts of Mato Grosso remains in isolation, sparsely populated and underdeveloped.mbora tenha sido batizado de Mato Grosso, grandes áreas tem pouca mata. A grande exeção está no norte na divisa com o Amazonas e no sul no Pantanal. este com mais de 230 000 kilometros quadrados, com 2 estações: A da estiagem e a das chuvas. Neste paraíso ecológico, a maior região de enchentes de aguas doce do mundo, vivem 650 tipos de pássaros, ( entre eles 25 tipos de Papageios), 90 mamiferos, 100 Répteis e 2 000 plantas.

UeSo-Pousadas,
Cx.P. 21 78490 000 Jangada M.T., Brasil
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