Mato Grosso do Sul ni imwe muri leta zo mu burengerazuba bwo hagati bwa Burezile. Irahana kandi ibihugu bya Paraguay, mu majyepfo ashyira uburengerazuba, na Boliviya, mu burengerazuba. Ubukungu bwa leta bushingiye ahanini ku buhinzi no korora inka. Yambutse mu majyepfo na Tropic ya Capricorn, Mato Grosso do Sul muri rusange afite ikirere gishyushye, rimwe na rimwe gishyushye, kandi gifite ubuhehere, kandi cyambukiranya imigezi myinshi yo mu ruzi rwa Paraná.

Ibendera rya Mato Grosso du Sul.

Leta izwi kandi ku bidukikije, kandi niho hakorerwa ubukerarugendo bwo mu gihugu no mu mahanga . Ikibaya cya Pantanal gikubiyemo amakomine 12 kandi kigaragaza ibimera n’ibinyabuzima bitandukanye, hamwe n’amashyamba, inkombe z’umucanga karemano, savannah, urwuri rufunguye, imirima n’ibihuru. Umujyi Bonito, ku musozi wa Bodoquena, ufite ubuvumo bwa kera, inzuzi karemano, amasumo, ibidendezi byo koga hamwe n'ubuvumo bw'ikiyaga cy'ubururu .

Ikarita iranga agace ka Mato Grosso du Sul.

Izina Mato Grosso do Sul ni Igiporutigali kuri "South Thick Bush"; iryo zina ryarazwe na leta y’amajyaruguru y’abaturanyi ya Mato Grosso, muri ryo rikaba ryarimo kugeza mu myaka ya za 70. Ntibisanzwe ko abantu bibeshya bavuga Mato Grosso do Sul nka "Mato Grosso". Andi mazina yatanzwe, mugihe cyo gutandukana na nyuma yayo, harimo " Pantanal " ((yerekeza ku miterere izwi cyane y’imiterere y’imiterere) na "Maracaju" (bivuga umusozi wa Maracaju Umusozi wambukiranya leta kuva mu majyaruguru ugana mu majyepfo) .

Igishanga kinini cya Pantanal giherereye muri Grosso du Sul.