Pantanal and its Region

Chapada

What is a chapada?

It is one or many plain area in a mountainous region. This means a height above 600 meters, as Brazil doesn’t have proper mountains. Those wide plains, called chapadas, have brush vegetation and a number of waterfalls. Chapadas are mostly located in a Brazilian specific biotope called “Cerrado”

We can find Chapadas in North, North-Eastern and mainly Mid-west Brazil. National Park services are often found in the Chapadas in order to preserve their natural resources.


Most Popular Chapadas of Brazil

Chapada Diamantina: Located in the State of Bahia, it is the largest plateau in Brazil and also the most visited. The highest point of it is the Barbado peak with 2.033m.

Chapada dos Guimarães: It is located in the state of Mato Grosso. Chapada dos Guimarães is also the name of the municipality next door. Unlike the Chapada Diamantina, it is wilder, less well known and frequented. However, it has no less than 46 archaeological sites, 59 freshwater sources, 487 waterfalls and 38 endemic animal species. The Chapada dos Guimarães has a national park of 3,300 km2

Chapada dos Veadeiros: It is located in the state of Goiás and has a national park of 65ha. This chapada has the peculiarity of attracting people who want to contemplate the phenomenon of the UFOs. Halfway between Cuiabá and the plateau of the Veadeiros, in the city of Barra do Garças, in 2008, the then mayor ordered a landing strip for flying saucer, unbelievable!






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