Characteristics of the Nordeste
Brazil region
The Northeast of Brazil covers 18.27% of Brazil.
841.260,9 km² of the NE are semi-arid and covers eight states
(Piaui, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraiba, Pernambuco,
Alagoas, Sergipe and Bahia).
The semi-arid region in Nordeste Brazil
is characterized by the ecosystem of the Caatinga. (“Caatinga”
originates from two words of the Tupi language, spoken
by the Brazilian indigenous population, “caa”
means “woods, vegetation” and “tinga”
means “white”.) Its vegetation is mainly
bushes and smaller trees, xerofilous, woody and deciduous,
and often thorny. The Caatinga landscape is nearly completely
white during the dry periods.
The soils are sandy and clay, poor in organic material.
Because of the shortage of precipitation and the reduced
capacity to store water in the soil, with the exception
of the Rio São Francisco, the rivers hold water
only during certain periods of the year.
Map Of Nordeste Brazil
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UNDERSTANDING MILLET
Millets refers
to a group of annual grasses mainly found in the arid
and semiarid regions of the world.
SAHEL STORIES
The
stories of the Sahel, told by those who have long lived
in the region, and who relate a lifetime of changes.
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