Brazil's Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park is located in the Chapada dos Veadeiros, an ancient plateau with an estimated age of 1.8 billion years. Based in the Brazilian state of Goias, the Park was created on January 11, 1961 by President Juscelino Kubitscheck, and listed as a World Heritage Site by Unesco in 2001, together with the Emas National Park.
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Foto: Rui
Faquini / Ícone: Ion David / Projecto Gráfico: Priscila Áquila
The Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park is part of the highest plain in
Central Brazil, with its highest point being the Serra da Santana. The region is
of outstanding beauty, and is made up of wide plateaus with waterfalls and
crystal clear springs. The uplands give way to deep rocky canyons and valleys.
The main watercourse is the Preto River, which flows on a north-west to
south-west direction; the northern extremity of the park is drained by the
Santana and Bartolomeu rivers.
In the region of the park and its surroundings, three landscape areas can be
recognized: the Rio Claro Valley Region is a lowland area, with relatively flat,
undulating terrain; the Ridge Region is located in the middle-northern portion
of the park, including the Rio Preto, Santana, Capim Branco and upland areas to
the south; and the Highlands Region is distributed along the central portion of
the park and is characterized by a plain relief pattern with some isolated
tabular hills that dot landscape. - in: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1035
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