Overview

Brazil's northeastern regions are well-known for wet, tropical climates that spread to parts of the northwest as well, but much of the surrounding areas, such as Columbia, Venezuela and Bolivia in the north and Chile and central Argentina to the south have hot, dry climates that dramatically opose the damp rainforests that dominate Brazil's Belem and Amara. To the very south the chilly, polar temperatures of Antarctica freeze the southern tips of Argentina.