Borborema Plateau
The Borborema Plateau is a plateau in northeastern Brazil which extends across the states of Pernambuco, Paraíba, and Rio Grande do Norte. The plateau is the northeasternmost portion of the Brazilian Highlands and is the most relevant watershed of its region.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Plateau with an elevation of 335 metres
- Description: mountainous region in the interior of the Northeast of Brazil.
- Also known as: “Planalto da Borborema”
Borborema Plateau
- Categories: mountain range, plateau, and landform
- Location: Brazil, South America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Borborema Plateau” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Serra da Borborema”
- Cebuano: “Planalto da Borborema”
- Chinese: “博爾博雷馬高原”
- Dutch: “Borboremaplateau”
- Egyptian Arabic: “هضبة بوربوريما”
- Esperanto: “Borborema Altebenaĵo”
- French: “Planalto da Borborema”
- French: “Plateau de la Borborema”
- French: “Serra da Borborema”
- German: “Borborema-Hochebene”
- German: “Planalto da Borborema”
- Japanese: “ボルボレマ高原”
- Ladin: “Planalto da Borborema”
- Lithuanian: “Borboremos plokščiakalnis”
- Lithuanian: “Borboremos plynaukštė”
- Polish: “Planalto da Borborema”
- Portuguese: “Planalto da Borborema”
- Portuguese: “Serra da Borborema”
- Portuguese: “Serra das Ruças”
- Spanish: “Altiplano de Borborema”
- Spanish: “Meseta de Borborema”
- Spanish: “Meseta de la Borborema”
- Spanish: “Planalto da Borborema”
- Swedish: “Planalto da Borborema”
- Turkish: “Borborema Platosu”
- Venetian: “Meseta de Borborema”
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