Chapada do Araripe

The Chapada do Araripe, also known as the Serra do Araripe, is a chapada (tableland) in northeastern Brazil. A chapada is a Plateau found in the Brazilian Highlands. The chapadas which are usually described as mountain ranges are capped by horizontal strata of sandstone |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld The chapada forms the boundary of Ceará and Pernambuco states, and forms the watershed between the Jaguaribe River of Ceará, which flows northward into the Atlantic, and the much larger basin of the São Francisco River of Pernambuco and neighboring states, which drains eastward into the Atlantic. Ceará (siaˈɾa is one of the states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country on the Atlantic coast Pernambuco (pɛxnɐ̃ˈbuku is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country The Jaguaribe River is a highly seasonal River in Ceará state of northeastern Brazil. For other uses see São Francisco (disambiguation The São Francisco River is a river in Brazil with a length of 3160 kilometres The Santana Formation, which is rich with fossils from the early Cretaceous, lies at the base of the chapada. The Santana Formation is a geologic Lagerstätte (undisturbed fossil accumulation in northeastern Brazil 's Araripe Basin where the states of Pernambuco The Cretaceous (kriːˈteɪʃəs, usually abbreviated 'K' for its German translation "Kreide" is a geologic period and system, reaching from the end of