GEO Brasil - UNEP

the state of environmental disasters
the state of the environment in Brazil
Janeiro (Marica City) and Espirito Santo (Conceiçao da Barra City) the Sea
Encroachment phenomenon took place; Windstorms in the States of Minas
Gerais (cities of Abre Campos and Lavras in November and December) and
Espirito Santo (cities of Mucurici and Ponto Belo in March); and the floods in the
State of São Paulo (Praia Grande in January) (Table 14)
SOUTH REGION
The South Region, in addition to its
landscape and geographical position
(below the Tropic of Capricorn) being
almost entirely in the temperate zone,
the atmospheric circulation systems
exert an influence on the climate,
especially on precipitation levels The
South bears two distinctive features
First, its homogeneous rain level and
stagnant regime and second, its
climatic uniformity, ie, the nearabsolute
prevalence of the temperate
mesothermal climate
The annual average precipitation level
varies between 1,250 and 2,000 mm,
except for the coast of Parana State
and the western part of the State of
Santa Catarina, where levels are above
2,000 mm, and north of Parana and
the short coastal strip of Santa
Catarina, with levels below 1,250 mm
The maximum precipitation level
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