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Brazil : São Paulo

2.5 km (1.6 miles) SW of Rosália, São Paulo, Brazil
Approx. altitude: 477 m (1564 ft)
([?] maps: Google MapQuest OpenStreetMap ConfluenceNavigator)
Antipode: 22°N 130°E

Accuracy: 20 m (65 ft)
Quality: good

Click on any of the images for the full-sized picture.

#2: Looking North #3: Looking East #4: Looking South #5: Looking West. The orange orchard #6: GPS Reading #7: Stree in Rosalia, 3km from confluence

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  22°S 50°W (visit #1)  

#1: The 22 S 50 W Confluence

(visited by Werner Rossger and Werner Rossger)

Portuguese

26-Mar-2004 -- The 22° S 50° W confluence is located in the central-western region of the state of São Paulo. Rosalia, a small village with about 1000 inhabitants is the nearest human settlement.

Climate is between tropical and subtropical, with dry winters and rainy summers. Average anual temperature is 22 degrees Celsius. The terrain is pretty flat and belongs to the Upper Cretacean Bauru series (sand soil). The whole terrain is suitable for pastures and crops such as coffee, sugar cane and oranges.

I visited the confluence following a business trip to the region. Access by car was easy. Only 2,5 km SW from Rosalia a dust road brought me to the entrance of a farm, with mango and orange orchards, belonging to Mr. Kazuo, an old Japanese immigrant. He allowed me to see the confluence but we discovered that it was located on a neighbour’s paddock, 100 m apart from his land.

After trespassing a fence, I got the spot. There is pasture all around the confluence.

Afterwards I was informed that this piece of land has only the paddock and no buildings at all. No cattle were grazing nearby. Looking eastwards we could see Mr. Kazuo’s orange plantation. The confluence is located 15 km N of Marilia, a large industrial town with 180 000 inhabitants. Marilia has two universities and mainly metal and food industries.

¨Portuguese

A confluência 22° S 50° W localiza-se na região Centro-oeste do Estado de S. Paulo. O local habitado mais próximo é a vila de Rosalia, com cerca de 1000 almas. O clima da região é tropical a subtropical, com verões chuvosos e invernos secos. A temperatura média local é de 22 graus centígrados. O terreno é levemente ondulado e pertence ao Cretáceo Superior, com arenito da série Bauru. A região é própria para a criação de gado e lavouras de cana-de-açúcar, café e laranja. Visitei a confluência após uma viagem de negócios à região.

O acesso à confluência é fácil. Apenas 2,5 km de Rosália, segui uma estrada de areia, até a entrada da fazenda do Sr. Kazuo, um imigrante japonês, que lá cultiva mangas e laranjas. Ele me permitiu ver a confluência, mas descobrimos que ela encontrava-se em terras do vizinho, num pasto. Não há edificações nem instalações para gado, neste pedaço de terra.

A Oeste vê-se a plantação de laranjas do Sr. Kazuo. A confluência localiza-se a 15 km de Marília, uma grande cidade industrial e universitária, com 180 mil habitantes.


 All pictures
#1: The 22 S 50 W Confluence
#2: Looking North
#3: Looking East
#4: Looking South
#5: Looking West. The orange orchard
#6: GPS Reading
#7: Stree in Rosalia, 3km from confluence
ALL: All pictures on one page