Borborema Plateau Map

The Borborema Plateau is a mountainous region in the interior of the Northeast of Brazil. This map shows its extent on shaded relief, with the surrounding relief, rivers, borders and cities.

Borborema Plateau Map
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How to read this map

Its typical elevation is about 335 m (1,099 ft).

The dashed outline marks the Borborema Plateau as mapped by Natural Earth. Towns and cities on the map include Recife, Maceió, Natal, João Pessoa, Aracaju, Campina Grande, Crato and Petrolina.

Greens show lower elevations; tan and brown show higher land, with pale tones toward the highest terrain. Shadows emphasize the slopes, and vertical relief is exaggerated so landforms are easier to read. Dashed lines show country borders.

The relief uses Terrain Tiles (SRTM, GMTED2010 and ETOPO1 elevation data). Rivers, lakes, borders and the outline of the Borborema Plateau come from Natural Earth, and the figures on this page from Wikidata. Natural Earth draws features at a small scale, so the outline is a guide to where the Borborema Plateau is, not a surveyed boundary.

Blank physical map

The blank version keeps the mapped features and removes the place labels. Download it for a geography worksheet or practice identifying the features.

Borborema Plateau Map without names
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Borborema Plateau facts

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CountriesBrazil

Data sources and license

Map design and rendered images: Atlas of Maps, CC BY 4.0. Source databases retain their own licenses; the map license does not replace them.

Maps of the countries: Brazil. Compare with the world mountain ranges map.

Frequently asked questions

Where is the Borborema Plateau?

The Borborema Plateau is in Brazil.

Can I download a blank map of the Borborema Plateau?

Yes. The blank version keeps the relief, rivers and borders and the highlighted landform but removes the place names. Both versions are free to download as PNG and as an A4 PDF.

Use this map

You can download, print and share this map for free, in class, in school projects, in presentations and on websites, as long as you credit the source: Borborema Plateau Map · Atlas of Maps (atlasofmaps.com), license CC BY 4.0.

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