Brazil Basin

Published: March 30, 2010, 12:00 am

Updated: November 23, 2011, 9:29 am

Lead Author: Steve Baum

Topics:

Geography

Oceans and seas

This article has been reviewed by the following Topic Editor: C Michael Hogan

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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Citation

Steve Baum (Lead Author);C Michael Hogan (Topic Editor) "Brazil Basin". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth March 30, 2010; Last revised Date November 23, 2011; Retrieved June 19, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Brazil_Basin>