Brazil Natural Resources

Brazil Natural Resources have always been the prime attraction to the invaders of Brazil. At times Brazil has been invaded by France and Netherlands in search for Brazil Natural Resources. But the Portuguese were the prime colonizers of Brazil who always searched for the gold and silver in the land of Brazil. It was the private explorers who named themselves Bandeirantes who found gold and silver in the state of Minas Gerais. The agricultural land of Brazil has always been quite fertile producing sugarcane, tobacco, cotton, cachaca, soybean in abundance. Owing to the Brazil Natural Resources, Brazil is one of the leading exporters in Latin America.

Brazil Natural Resources include the crude petroleum. According to the 1990 report, there are 2,795 million barrels of crude petroleum reserves. The natural gas is available in good volume in Brazil. In 1990 the volume of natural gas reserves was recorded to be 116 Gm3. Whenever it comes to the record of Brazil Natural Resources, the reserves of coal in Brazil cannot be overlooked. The 1988 recorded coal reserves was 1,245 Tg. Water is one of the Brazil Natural resources which you can find abundantly through the swift flowing rivers. There are a big number of rivers flowing through Brazil and the current of the flowing river water contributes to the generation of electricity. Thanks to the river current that capacity of electricity in Brazil was recorded as 49 GW in 1988.

The other Brazil Natural Resources that contribute to the revenue earning of Brazil include timber forests, diamonds, quartz, chromium, phosphates, iron ore, mica, graphite, copper, titanium, zinc, tin, gold, mercury.