Geography of Brazil
- Brazil is: a megadiverse country
- Location:
- Western Hemisphere, on the Equator
- South America
- Time zones:
- UTC-02: Fernando de Noronha, Trindade, Martin Vaz, Atol das Rocas, Saint Peter and Paul Rocks
- UTC-03, October–February UTC-02: Distrito Federal, Espirito Santo, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo
- UTC-03: Alagoas, Amapá, Bahia, Ceará, Maranhão, Pará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte, Sergipe, Tocantins
- UTC-04, October–February UTC-03: Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul
- UTC-04: Acre, Amazonas, Rondônia, Roraima
- Extreme points of Brazil
- High: Pico da Neblina 2,994 m (9,823 ft)
- Low: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
- Land boundaries: 16,885 km
- Western Hemisphere, on the Equator
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- Bolivia 3,423 km
- Peru 2,995 km
- Venezuela 2,200 km
- Colombia 1,644 km
- Guyana 1,606 km
- Paraguay 1,365 km
- Argentina 1,261 km
- Uruguay 1,068 km
- French Guiana 730 km
- Suriname 593 km
- Coastline: 7,491 km
- Population of Brazil: 187,393,918(2008) - 5th most populous country
- Area of Brazil: 8,514,877 square kilometres (3,287,612 sq mi) - 5th largest country
- Atlas of Brazil
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