Serra do Mar

American  

[se-rah doo mahr] / ˈsɛ rɑ dʊ ˈmɑr /

noun

1. a mountain range on the SE coast of Brazil. Highest point, 7,420 feet (2,262 meters).

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Example Sentences

More than 1,500 people have died in similar landslides in recent decades in that portion of the Serra do Mar range.

From Seattle Times

The surf towns dotting the coastline are inside the Serra do Mar park, which the state says is Brazil’s largest continuous protected area of Atlantic Forest.

From Seattle Times

This foot race is sandwiched between the Serra do Mar mountains and Rio’s shoreline, and blessed with picturesque views which make the task at hand much more manageable.

From Time

Twenty years ago the Alto Douro could only be reached on horseback, crossing the Serra do Mar�o by the Pass of Quintella.

From Project Gutenberg

The western border of the state is traversed by low ranges of mountains forming a northward continuation of the Serra do Mar. The longest and most prominent of these ranges, which are for the most part the eastern escarpments of the great Brazilian plateau, is the Serra dos Aymores, which extends along fully two-thirds of the western frontier.

From Project Gutenberg