Geography of Brazil latitude), which crosses the country at the latitude of the city of São Paulo. Brazil has five climatic regions: equatorial, tropical, semiarid, highland tropical, and subtropical. Temperatures along the equator are high, averaging above , but not reaching the summer extremes of up to in the temperate zones. There is little seasonal variation near the equator, although at times it can get cool enough for wearing a jacket, especially in the rain. At the country's other extreme, there are frosts south of the Tropic of Capricorn during the winter (June–August), and there is snow in the mountainous areas, such as
Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch he would live for the rest of his life. At the time of the book's publication, numerous Miller books were still banned in the US: "Tropic of Cancer", "Aller Retour New York", "Black Spring", "Tropic of Capricorn", "The World of Sex", "Quiet Days in Clichy", "Sexus" and "Plexus". Miller was working on "Nexus" at the time of "Big Sur"'s publication. After the publication of the book, which presents Big Sur as paradise on earth, many fans began to arrive in Big Sur to explore the area and seek out Miller. The title of the book is taken from 15th-century Dutch