Brazil: states most prone to landslides 2019

In 2019, an area of close to 1.4 million square kilometers was estimated to be at high or very high risk of landslide or mudslide in Brazil. The most affected state was Minas Gerais, with nearly 285 thousand square kilometers of land categorized as highly or very highly susceptible to this phenomenon. Pará was the second Brazilian state with most land at risk of landslide, at around 142 thousand square kilometers. Brazil is also one of the countries most prone to suffering floods in Latin America.

2019年，巴西约有140万平方公里的区域被评估为处于高或极高滑坡或泥石流风险之中。其中，受影响最严重的州为米纳斯吉拉斯，其境内约有28.5万平方公里的土地被划分为高度或极高易受该现象影响的区域。帕拉州为巴西第二高风险州，约有14.2万平方公里的土地面临滑坡风险。巴西亦为拉丁美洲中易受洪水侵袭的国家之一。