Talk:Serra Gaúcha

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I think a better translation would be Gaúcha Highlands. • Ekevu • ♥ • ★ 18:25, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

I doubt it, because the highlands are already there, but up north a few kilometers. The Serra Gaúcha is a transition zone between the the highlands and the central valley.

Looking at Google Maps will you notice it easily. Cities like Passo Fundo and Vacaria, are about 900m in altitude (maybe more) and do not belong to the Serra, but to the highlands. Going a bit further south you find this middle area, that the brazilians call it the Serra Gaúcha, where most cities are lying somewhere 500m in altitude with rare exceptions reaching at most 800m. Further south and between those cities, there are several river valleys that bring the altitude to low 50m above sea level. Calling it a highland is too much misleading, because the altitude varies a lot. --HSeganfredo (talk) 22:39, 12 October 2008 (UTC)