32-201: Geography of Latin America
Climate Diagram for Manaus
Manaus (Manáos) is
situated on the north side of the Rio Amazonas
just below the point where the Rio Negro and Rio Solimões combine.
The city has long served as the focus for Brazil's North,
a vast region
covered largely with tropical rainforest (selva). Significant precipitation
falls throughout the year, allowing the broadleafed trees to retain their
leaves (making them evergreen as opposed to deciduous).
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Last Revised: March 19, 1997