Brazil Basin (Geography)
From The Encyclopedia of Earth
Brazil Basin
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The Brazil Basin is an ocean basin located off the eastern coast of Brazil in the Atlantic Ocean in the west-central Belem (formerly Para) Rise, at which end there is also a broad depression called the Recife (formerly Pernambuco) Abyssal Plain in the abyssal zone. This has also been called the Tizard Deep.
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Further Reading
- Physical Oceanography Index
- Rhodes W. Fairbridge, editor. The Encyclopedia of Oceanography. Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1966.
