Its warm climate, copious rainfall, gentle slopes, and fertile, silt - enriched soil all favored growth of sugarcane. Coastal tropical forests melted away as plantations spread up the hills and onto the plateaus around the Capibaribe River delta.
Pernambuku ar tās kalnu lēzenajām nogāzēm, silto klimatu, lielo nokrišņu daudzumu un auglīgo, sanesām bagāto augsni izrādījās ļoti piemērota vieta cukurniedru audzēšanai.