Does brazil have a desert?

The northeast section looks dry. If any Brazilians ise this site what is the region called?

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Based on 8 votes (5 yes)
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  • charli.m

    Shit. It's a shame there's no such thing as google.

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    • I do that annoy you :) 💙 And I was curious if anyone was from Brazil.

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      • charli.m

        Well, she's only posted several times.

        Laziness.

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        • LornaMae

          Haha, yeah Google could've done it but I'm here. Now I feel like I own all the knowledge about Brazil! MWAHAHAH >:|

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          • charli.m

            Hahaha.

            Still. Laziness.

            I wanted to know about 10 things yesterday. Didn't ask a single one on IIN cos...google.

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            • factcheck

              I don't think laziness is the word you're looking for, since it probably takes much more effort to post here than to Google search it.

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          • nikkiclaire

            Another Brazillian lurks here.

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            • LornaMae

              Great! Actually, I'd figure there are many more. There's over 200 million people here.

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      • barefoot_on_the_sand

        Where are you from?

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  • Isn’t there a place called Caatiga that’s classified as semiarid since it’s under an area of high pressure?

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    • LornaMae

      It's not a place in itself, it's the vegetation in a place. :)

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    • RoseIsabella

      Your name always reminds me of Morgan Freeman!

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      • Thank you! I had him in mind when creating my account since I was in Memphis (his home city) I know that probably sounds random, but that’s how my mind thinks :)

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        • RoseIsabella

          He's awesome!

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  • CozmoWank

    Ask Lorna Mae.

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    • LornaMae

      You called, I'm here, Cosmo! :)

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  • xxLucifer

    I think you are talking about Lençóis Maranhenses National Park. It isn't really a desert since it gets 47 inches of rain a year, but it looks like a desert with how much sand covers the area.

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    • LornaMae

      Yeah, Lençóis Maranhenses are not really a desert. In fact, the word 'lençóis' in Portuguese is plural for water table or groundwater.

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      • McBean

        É bom ter um especialista que conhece o Brasil.

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        • LornaMae

          Parabéns, McFeijão! Seu português está ótimo, exceto pela concordância de genero - eu seria "uma" especialista nesse caso. :)

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          • McBean

            Thank you, but translate.google.com did all the work. If the language proficiency is more difficult than phrase book level, I just say, "desculpe eu sei pouco portugues, entendo inglês".

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  • EnglishLad

    I'm not from Brazil, nor have I ever visited, but according to Google Earth, the north-eastern "desert" area is comprised of two mountain ranges (Serra do Piaui and Serra do Ibiapaba) and the Caatinga vegetation.

    So, using all of the knowledge of Brazil that I have accrued during my lifetime (which admittedly could be written on the back of a postage stamp with a board marker) I would deduce that there is no real desert in the north-east of Brazil.

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  • I'm also too lazy to search or to read the comments. So...is there a desert in Brazil or not?

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    • Look up Caatinga vegetation which is in the northeast Brazil region Sertāo Nordestino.

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      • Was expecting for a very lazy answer like yes/no, but thanks. Too lazy to search though.

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        • LornaMae

          The lazy answer is "no" for actual deserts. There is a large desertlike region, though, and despite the droughts it does have a rainfall season.

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          • Thanks

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            • LornaMae

              Sure ;)

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  • LornaMae

    First of all, you have to consider Brazil is one of the largest countries in the world. Therefore I obviously don't know everything about it. As far as I know there have never been any deserts per se here. However, because of prolonged intense drought, some states in the northeastern regions have suffered a desertification process and are extremely arid. The southern regions and states are considerably richer than those areas so that also plays a part in how bad the situation is up north.

    Some have already mentioned the caatinga but that is actually what the vegetation is called in the region of the Sertão Nordestino - which is what you asked. It's a common setting in several renowned literary works by Brazilian authors, some of which I highly recommend.

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    • barefoot_on_the_sand

      Where do you live?

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      • LornaMae

        In the Southeast region.

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        • barefoot_on_the_sand

          Cool.

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          • LornaMae

            And where do you live? I mean, now that 'we're friends'! Hahahaha

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  • donteatstuffoffthesidewalk

    flan

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  • barefoot_on_the_sand

    Not Brazilian but try reading this:
    https://www.tripatini.com/m/blogpost?id=3169359%3ABlogPost%3A566398

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