Julia Thompson wrote: > >> [*] take mountain with a grain of salt. About 500 meters is the highest >> it gets. > > If I'm taking a 500-meter mountain, I'm going to want more than just > one grain of salt with it. :) > Ok, but what I am trying to say is that, despite being the size of Continental USA + 1/2 Alaska, Brazil does not have any big mountains. Those that settled our territory, apparently, took almost all of South America that were outside of the Andes :-)
The highest peak is at 3000 meters; compare this to other similiar-sized countries: Russia: 5642; China: 8848; Canada: 5959, USA: 6194, India: 7816, Argentina: 6982, Mexico: 5636, Antarctica: 4892. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_peaks_by_prominence Yes, if the seas rise, we will be the first to vanish! :-) Alberto Monteiro _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
