Question

Give information about Drought Quadrilateral in Brazil

Answer 1

Answer:

Climate of Brazil. …the Northeast, sometimes called the drought quadrilateral or drought polygon, that extends from northern Bahia to the coast between Natal and São Luís; that zone receives about 15–30 inches (375–750 mm) of precipitation a year.

Answer 2

1)The Great Escarpment and the Brazilian Highlands obstructs the trade winds flowing flowing in southeast and northeast from the Atlantic ocean.

2)Due to the obstruction, it rains heavily in the windward side of the Great Escarpment and the Brazilian Highlands in the eastern coastal region of Brazil.

3)The amount of annual average rainfall in the eastern coastal region of Brazil is nearly 1200

mm.

4)The winds that reach the top of the Great Escarpment and the Brazilian Highlands become dry.The capacity of holding moisture of these wind increase.