因为亚马逊热带雨林几乎覆盖了亚马逊平原,使得地处热带的亚马孙平原人迹罕至,作为世界第一大河的亚马逊河几乎难以发挥航运、灌溉、发电等一系列效益。
而巴西高原虽然环境适宜,例如首都巴西利亚就位于巴西高原之上,但这里却缺少大江大河用于沟通外界,而可堪一用的巴拉那河又是条国际河流,这让巴西不得不仰人鼻息。
而最让巴西绝望的似乎并不止这些。地图上的巴西之所以海岸线较为平直,最根本的原因在于“巴西地盾”的存在,这比印度的海岸山还令人绝望。
因为高山直插大海,使得沿海平原聊胜于无,里约热内卢是真正的背山面海,城市发展极端受限,不仅没有腹地,港口发展更是受限,因为沿海地区与内陆的沟通,首先需要飞跃高山。
这种地形,静夜史在里约热内卢工作了一年多的同学深有感触,这不仅导致了巴西沿海和内地发展撕裂,更使得巴西的未来黯淡无光。
Because the Amazon rainforest almost covers the Amazon Plain, the Amazon Plain in the tropics is rarely visited by people. As the world's largest river, the Amazon River can hardly play a series of benefits such as shipping, irrigation, and power generation.
Although the Brazilian Plateau has a suitable environment, for example, the capital Brasilia is located on the Brazilian Plateau, there are no large rivers here to communicate with the outside world, and the Paraná River, which is only usable, is an international river, which makes Brazil have to rely on others.
And it seems that there are more things that make Brazil desperate. The most fundamental reason why Brazil's coastline on the map is relatively straight is the existence of the "Brazilian Shield", which is more desperate than the coastal mountains in India.
Because the mountains go straight into the sea, the coastal plains are better than nothing. Rio de Janeiro is truly backed by mountains and facing the sea. The city's development is extremely limited. Not only does it have no hinterland, but the port development is even more limited, because the communication between the coastal areas and the inland areas first requires crossing the mountains.
This kind of terrain is deeply felt by Jingye Shi, a student who has worked in Rio de Janeiro for more than a year. It not only leads to the development of Brazil's coastal and inland areas, but also makes Brazil's future bleak.
The population of Brazil mainly lives in the Brazilian Plateau, so the river shipping value is high. The Amazon River is surrounded by tropical rainforests, with a sparse population and a lack of economic activities, so the shipping value is low.