Prata - MInas Gerais

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Prata is a Brazilian municipality and its municipal seat located in the State of Minas Gerais. The city is the largest in the aptly named Triângulo Mineiro and is situated on Brazilian federal highway BR-153 (Transbrasiliana), in the geographical centre of that important region. Geographical coordenates are latitude of 19°18'27"S; 48°55'22"W. Altitude is 631 m above sea level.

1 Climate
2 Relief and Vegetation
3 Economical activities
4 Paleontology

[edit] Climate

Prata's predominant climate is the semi-wet tropical, with summer rains and winter drought. The tropical climate of altitude is present in the divisor of waters between the rivers Tejuco and Rio da Prata, in the east of the municipal district, where the altitudes exceed the 800 m. The middle annual Temperature in the city is of 24ºC, least of 7ºC in the autumn and maxim of 40ºC in the spring. Middle annual Pluviosidade of 1.500mm.

[edit] Relief and Vegetation

The relief is sedimentary Plateau middling dissected in most, residual reliefs to west and fluvial plain to east. Maximum altitude: 866 m - local: Plain of the Silver (I exalt east of the municipal district in the boundary with Veríssimo). Minimum altitude: 492 m - local: Rio Verde or Feio (he/she spies with Campina Verde). The vegetation is the Savannah and tropical forest.

[edit] Economical activities

Livestock (bovine, pig), Agriculture (cane of sugar, orange, soy and pineapple), Industry (dairy products, nutritious, chemistry, wood for pencil production, transformation), reforestation (pinus, eucalyptus and rubber tree).

[edit] Paleontology

In this municipal district there were located fossils of the biggest dinosaur found in Brazil, what lived there are more than 80 million years in the region of Serra da Boa Vista, distant one around 40 km of Prata, which scientific name was called of Maxakalisaurus topai, after popular vote, it is known as DINOPRATA, the retort of the titanossauro (got on resin), with around 13 meters of length, is exposed in the Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro since the 28 of August of 2006.