Mato Grosso (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈmatu ˈɡɾosu] – lit. "Thick Bushes") is ane o thestates o Brazil, thethird lairgest in aurie, locatit in the wastren pairt o the kintra.[2]
Neebourin states are (frae wast clockwise)Rondônia,Amazonas,Pará,Tocantins,Goiás anMato Grosso do Sul. It bordersBolivie tae the soothwast an aw. A state wi a flat landscape, alternatin greatchapadas an plain auries, Mato Grosso presents three different ecoseestems:Cerrado,Pantanal an theAmazon Rainforest. The vegetation o the open pasture covers 40% o the state, an theChapada dos Guimarães National Park, wi its caves, grottos, tracks an waterfaws, is ane o its great tourist attractions. In the north is the Amazonian forest, wi abiodiversity coverin hauf o the state. TheXingu Naitional Pairk an theAraguaia River are in Mato Grosso. Further sooth, thePantanal, the warld's lairgestwetland, is the habitat for amaist a thoosan species of animals, wi mony aquatic birds.
