Meio-norte
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Country | Brazil |
The Meio-norte (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈmeju ˈnɔʁtʃi], mid-north) is one of the four subregions of northeast Brazil. It is a climatic transition area located between the equatorial Amazon and semi-arid hinterlands.
Due to the region's great variation in the amount of rainfall, agriculture is characterized by a very poor, limited to the cultivation of rice, in Maranhão and the raising of cattle, in Piauí, in areas of cerrado. Due to its climate, vegetation has a typical, composed of babassu and coconut palms of the carnauba ().
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