Editing Geography of Brazil (section)

=== Center-West ===
{{Main|Center-West Region, Brazil}}
[[File:Pantanal em Itiquira.jpg|thumb|right|[[Pantanal]] wetland]]
The Center-West consists of the states of [[Goiás]], [[Mato Grosso]], [[Mato Grosso do Sul]] (separated from Mato Grosso in 1979) and the [[Federal District (Brazil)|Federal District]], where [[Brasília]] is located, the national capital.<ref name="Hudson-1998" /> Until 1988 Goiás State included the area that then became the state of Tocantins in the North.<ref name="Hudson-1998" />

The Center-West has {{convert|1612077|km2|sqmi|0|sp=us}} and covers 18.9% of the national territory.<ref name="Hudson-1998" /> Its main biome is the [[cerrado]], the tropical savanna in which natural grassland is partly covered with twisted shrubs and small trees.<ref name="Hudson-1998" /> The cerrado was used for low-density cattle-raising in the past but is now also used for soybean production.<ref name="Hudson-1998" /> There are [[gallery forest]]s along the rivers and streams and some larger areas of forest, most of which have been cleared for [[farming]] and [[livestock]].<ref name="Hudson-1998" /> In the north, the cerrado blends into tropical forest.<ref name="Hudson-1998" /> It also includes the [[Pantanal]] [[wetland]]s in the west, known for their wildlife, especially aquatic birds and [[caiman]]s.<ref name="Hudson-1998" /> In the early 1980s, 33.6% of the region had been altered by anthropic activities, with a low of 9.3% in Mato Grosso and a high of 72.9% in Goiás (not including Tocantins).<ref name="Hudson-1998" /> In 1996 the Center-West region had 10.2 million inhabitants, or 6% of Brazil's total population.<ref name="Hudson-1998" /> The average density is low, with concentrations in and around the cities of [[Brasília]], [[Goiânia]], [[Campo Grande]], and [[Cuiabá]].<ref name="Hudson-1998" /> Living standards are below the national average.<ref name="Hudson-1998" /> In 1994 they were highest in the Federal District, with per capita income of US$7,089 (the highest in the nation), and lowest in Mato Grosso, with US$2,268.<ref name="Hudson-1998" />