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Geography and climate: immensity and diversity… Argentina is a South American country whose land boundaries include Chile, Uruguay, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay, with a long coastline facing the Atlantic Ocean. Argentina is the eight largest country in the world and, following Brazil, the second largest in the South American continent. Located in the eastern half of South America’s tapering tail, Argentina consists of 23 provinces and has a land extension of 2,800,000 km2. Including the Malvinas/Falkland islands and the Argentine Antarctic territory, the country’s territory totals 3,761,274 km2. Given its colossal size, Argentina evidently displays rich climate diversity. Even though the largest portion of the Argentine territory is within the temperate southern hemisphere area, it co-exists with a sub-tropical climate in the province of Misiones and a sub-antarctic climate in the Patagonia. Argentina’s climate and topographical diversity results in a particularly varied landscape. The territory can be divided into six geographical zones: the marshy Mesopotamia of the northeast, the forests of central-northern Chaco, the fertile central Pampas, the desert heights of the west, the arid plateaus of the northwest and, lastly, Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego in the southeast.
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