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South America > Argentina > Geography

ARGENTINE GEOGRAPHY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Area > Comparative
slightly less than three-tenths the size of the US
Area > Comparative to US places
slightly less than three-tenths the size of the US
Area > Land 2,736,690 sq km Time series [9th of 238]
    Area > Land (per capita) 67.603 sq km per 1,000 people Time series [33rd of 227]
Area > Total 2,766,890 sq km Time series [15th of 250]
    Area > Total (per capita) 68.349 sq km per 1,000 people Time series [34th of 231]
Area > Water 30,200 sq km Time series [19th of 239]
    Area > Water (per capita) 746.011 sq km per million people Time series [46th of 225]
Capital city with population
Buenos Aires (city) - 3,000,000; (metro) - 12,000,000
Climate
mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest
Coastline 4,989 km [32nd of 271]
Elevation extremes > Highest point
Cerro Aconcagua 6,960 m (located in the northwestern corner of the province of Mendoza)
Elevation extremes > Lowest point
Laguna del Carbon -105 m (located between Puerto San Julian and Comandante Luis Piedra Buena in the province of Santa Cruz)
Forested Land 12.7% [137th of 193]
Geographic coordinates 34 00 S, 64 00 W Time series
Geography > Note
second-largest country in South America (after Brazil); strategic location relative to sea lanes between the South Atlantic and the South Pacific Oceans (Strait of Magellan, Beagle Channel, Drake Passage); diverse geophysical landscapes range from tropical climates in the north to tundra in the far south; Cerro Aconcagua is the Western Hemisphere's tallest mountain, while Laguna del Carbon is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere
Irrigated land 15,500 sq km Time series [32nd of 196]
    Irrigated land (per capita) 407.84 sq km per million people Time series [54th of 167]
Land area > sq. km 2,736,690 km² Time series [8th of 206]
    Land area > sq. km (per capita) 70.629 km² per 1,000 people Time series [31st of 206]
Land boundaries > Border countries
Bolivia 832 km, Brazil 1,261 km, Chile 5,308 km, Paraguay 1,880 km, Uruguay 580 km
Land boundaries > Total 9,861 km Time series [9th of 166]
    Land boundaries > Total (per capita) 243.59 km per million people Time series [72nd of 164]
Land use > Arable land 10.03% Time series [111st of 258]
Land use > Other 89.61% Time series [110th of 258]
Land use > Permanent crops 0.36% Time series [149th of 258]
Largest city Buenos Aires
Largest city population 11,802,000 [7th of 174]
    Largest city population (per capita) 0.298 per capita [33rd of 174]
Largest city with population
Buenos Aires (city) - 3,000,000; (metro) - 12,000,000
Location
Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay
Map references
South America
Maritime claims > Contiguous zone 24 nautical mile Time series [15th of 83]
Maritime claims > Continental shelf
200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
Maritime claims > Exclusive economic zone 200 nautical mile Time series [29th of 123]
Maritime claims > Territorial sea 12 nautical mile Time series [21st of 191]
Natural hazards
San Miguel de Tucuman and Mendoza areas in the Andes subject to earthquakes; pamperos are violent windstorms that can strike the pampas and northeast; heavy flooding
Natural resources
fertile plains of the pampas, lead, zinc, tin, copper, iron ore, manganese, petroleum, uranium
northernmost point > Latitude 21°48'S
Population density 13.42 people per sqkm [195th of 256]
Population density > people per sq. km 14.16 people/m² Time series [174th of 204]
Precipitation 1,147 mm [27th of 95]
Rural population density > rural population per sq. km of arable land 13.98 people/km² of arable lan Time series [185th of 188]
Surface area > sq. km 2,780,400 km² Time series [8th of 206]
    Surface area > sq. km (per capita) 71.758 km² per 1,000 people Time series [31st of 207]
tallest mountains > Mountain Aconcagua
Terrain
rich plains of the Pampas in northern half, flat to rolling plateau of Patagonia in south, rugged Andes along western border

SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.; FAO; World Development Indicators database; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; Wikipedia: List of countries by northernmost point ; Heal The World Foundation.; Wikipedia: List of tallest mountains by country

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Argentina, Argentine Republic, Republica Argentina

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COMMENTARY     

Not approving
24th April 2009 		This place really is not helpful at all.
I need a real site with geography. this will not be accepted in class.
Edria Murray
Staff Editor
5th April 2005 		In response to Carole:

The average annual precipitation for Argentina is 1147mm. However the Argentine Republic is a large country with an area of 2.766 million sq km and large regional variations in rainfall.

The Eastern region receives between 500 and 1000mm per year, with most of the rain in this region falling over only a few days. In general rainfall decreases both further west and further south. In the almost desert-like Argentine Patagonia (to the East of the southern Andes) less than 250 mm of rain falls per year.

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