Sumidouro

Few towns in Rio de Janeiro’s mountainous interior have a history as closely tied to 19th-century coffee cultivation as Sumidouro. Set among the folded hills of the Serra do Mar, the municipality forms part of the Paquequer River’s headwater country, within the wider Paraíba do Sul basin. Coffee estates helped shape local settlement, while rural life still defines much of the area, with small farms scattered across valleys and slopes. Sumidouro belongs to the state’s Região Serrana, far from the coastal metropolis and its better-known beaches. Browse other webcams across Rio de Janeiro’s mountain region to place Sumidouro in a wider geographic context.

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