BRAZILIAN COAST FOREST BELT 139 



Brazilian Coast Forest Belt. The Brazilian high- 

 lands, rising gradually towards their eastern margin, 

 have their edge much indented by short, deep valleys : 

 this ragged edge is known as the coastal range or 



FIG. 46. Forest cutting Eastern Brazil. 



Sierra do Mar, and in places a second and inner line of 

 bluffs appears, making a double range. The coastal 

 shelf, which extends between the sea and the slopes, 

 varies greatly in breadth, and sometimes disappears 

 completely. 



