Mato Grosso
Americannoun
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a plateau in SW Brazil.
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a state in SW Brazil. 475,378 sq. mi. (1,231,230 sq. km). Cuiabá.
noun
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a high plateau of SW Brazil: forms the watershed separating the Amazon and Plata river systems
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a state of W central Brazil: mostly on the Mato Grosso Plateau, with the Amazon basin to the north; valuable mineral resources. Capital: Cuiabá. Pop: 2 604 742 (2002). Area: 881 001 sq km (340 083 sq miles)
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Both sites are located in Mato Grosso do Sul within the Tamengo geological formation.
From Science Daily ● May 12, 2026
Amazonas neighbors Mato Grosso state, Brazil’s largest producer of soybeans and a major fertilizer consumer—some 400 miles away through dense rainforest, but still closer than Russia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025
Global Witness estimate that between 2008 and 2019 an area of forest bigger than Chicago was felled within ranches supplying the three beef firms across Mato Grosso.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2024
The Rondon Quadrant route involves the Brazilian states of Acre and Rondonia and the soybean rich portion of the Mato Grosso state to connect it with Bolivia and Peru.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2023
Four years prior, in 1909, while Rondon was in an unexplored area in Mato Grosso, he discovered the headwaters of an unknown river.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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