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Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Goias, Pantanal and Brasilia

Attractions, sightseeing, geography, sports and recreation in the states of Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Goias, the Pantanal and the federal district of Brazilia.
Brazil Birding Tours in Mato Grosso
"During slightly more than a decade, there have been 36 FONT birding tours in Brazil, during which cumulatively 944 species of birds have been seen. Many of these tours have been to the region of Mato Grosso, in south-central Brazil..."
Mata Grosso
"Very Brazilian, in both its vastness and its frontier culture, the Mato Grosso region is essentially an enormous plain rippled by a handful of small mountain ranges."
Gustaf Oskar Andersson Malme
Malme and Carl A. M. Lindman undertook a Regnellian expedition to Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul and Matto Grosso) and the central parts of Paraguay, during which they collected numerous examples of South American flora. Five plant genera have been named after Gustaf Malme. .
The Mystery of Matto Grosso
ANCIENT LANDMARKS: THE MYSTERY OF MATTO GROSSO - "The story related in both article and book concerns the history and fate of primeval races that peopled the high plateau regions of Matto Grosso, in Brazil."
Matto Grosso
Tourism is increasingly common in the Matto Grosso as visitors come to see the tremendously varied wildlife. Birding and fishing are particularly popular. Prior to tourism, gold mining, now practically exhausted, some tobacco, and cattle were the principal industries. Cattle ranches are still important, and worked by Vaqueiros.

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