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Mesoregion in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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The Central West is a region of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, in the South of Brazil.
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biggest city in the region, and the gateway to Paleorrota, the state's paleontological tourism route
has numerous and immense cavities in the soil derived from erosion and wind
has large deposits of petrified trees
it has the largest reserves of fossil plants on the planet
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