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Geography in ArgentinaAugust 21, 2008
Argentina is the eighth largest country in the world. Its surface is 2.766.890 km2, from which 30.200 km2 are water-related bodies. It is 3.700 km2 long and 1.400 km2 of width (maximum measures).
Usually, Argentina is divided into four geographic zones: Pampa, Patagonia, Chaco and Andes. The highest point is in Mendoza, Aconcagua Hill (6962 mts.); while its lowest point is in Santa Cruz, Copper Lagoon (-105 mts.).
Argentina has permanent presence in Antarctica since 1904.
The geographic regions in the country are described here:
- Pampas: west and south of Buenos Aires and Córdoba, it is plane and dry topography.
- Chaco: in the north of the country, dry in summer and humid in winter. People produce cotton and grow plants. There are subtropical forests where many animals live.
- Mesopotamia: between Paraná and Uruguay, in the provinces of Corrientes and Entre Ríos. It includes Esteros del Iberá and Misiones. The subtropical weather is near Iguazu Waterfalls.
- Patagonia: in Neuquén, Río Negro, Chubut and Santa Cruz. There are semiarid steppes in the north, and cold ones in the south, with big lakes. Towards the south, the climate is cold but with influence from the oceans.
- Cuyo: it is the center-western part of Argentina, which ends in the Andes. Mendoza, San Juan and La Rioja are in Cuyo, where people produce wine and fruits.
- Noroeste: Catamarca, Tucumán and Salta, it includes the Calchaquies Valleys. There are several rivers and mountains of almost ten thousand meters of altitude.
