Argentina Physical Map

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Argentina Physical Map.

The total area of Argentina is distributed as follows (except Antarctica):

total: 2,766,891 km²

land: 2,736,691 km²

water: 30 200 km²

Argentina extends 5,200 km (border with Chile) from north to south and 1,400 km from east to west. The territory can be divided into four distinct zones: the fertile plains of the pampas in the center of the country, the flat country of Patagonia in the south (extending over a large southern quarter of the country (28%), to the Earth of Fire), the dry plains of Gran Chaco to the north and finally the very high region of the Andes mountains to the west along the border with Chile whose Mount Aconcagua rises to 6 960 m.

The highest point of Argentina - and America - is Mount Aconcagua. The deepest depression in America, the Laguna del Carbón at 105 m below sea level, is also found in Argentina, in the province of Santa Cruz. The geographical center of the country is located in the province of La Pampa.

The climate is typical of the eastern facade of the continents, there is a humid subtropical climate in the north and arid / sub-Antarctic in the extreme south of the country.