Place Brazil on the South American map - Brazilian Cultural History

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Place Brazil on the South American map

A simplified map of South America with Brazil highlighted in bright green as the large eastern bulge; label the blue water along Brazil’s long east edge “Atlantic Ocean” with one arrow pointing from Brazil to the ocean.

Start with the Atlantic side

On a South America map, Brazil is the huge country bulging out to the east. Its long eastern edge faces the Atlantic Ocean, so it sits on the Atlantic side of the continent.