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/* WFB Medium Rectangle */ google_ad_slot = "5200087626"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <br> Page last updated on February 11, 2013 <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#location">Location:</a></b><br> Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#geographic_coordinates">Geographic coordinates:</a></b><br> 34 00 S, 64 00 W <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/maps/">Map references</a>: </b><br> South America</a> <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#area">Area:</a></b><br> <i>total: </i>2,780,400 sq km <br>[see also: <a href="http://www.photius.com/rankings/geography/total_area_sq_km_2013_0.html" target="_blank"><u>Area - total country ranks</u></a> ] <br><span style="padding-left:7px;">country comparison to the world: 8 <br><i> land: </i>2,736,690 sq km <br><i> water: </i>43,710 sq km <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#area_comparative">Area - comparative:</a></b><br> slightly less than three-tenths the size of the US <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#land_boundaries">Land boundaries:</a></b><br> <i>total: </i>9,861 km <br><i> border countries: </i>Bolivia 832 km, Brazil 1,261 km, Chile 5,308 km, Paraguay 1,880 km, Uruguay 580 km <br>[see also: <a href="http://www.photius.com/rankings/geography/land_boundaries_km_2013_0.html" target="_blank"><u>Land boundaries country ranks</u></a> ] <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#coastline">Coastline:</a></b><br> 4,989 km <br>[see also: <a href="http://www.photius.com/rankings/geography/coastline_2013_0.html" target="_blank"><u>Coastline country ranks</u></a> ] <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#maritime_claims">Maritime claims:</a></b><br> <i>territorial sea: </i>12 nm <br><i> contiguous zone: </i>24 nm <br><i> exclusive economic zone: </i>200 nm <br><i> continental shelf: </i>200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#climate">Climate:</a></b><br> mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#terrain">Terrain:</a></b><br> rich plains of the Pampas in northern half, flat to rolling plateau of Patagonia in south, rugged Andes along western border <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#elevation_extremes">Elevation extremes:</a></b><br> <i>lowest point: </i>Laguna del Carbon -105 m (located between Puerto San Julian and Comandante Luis Piedra Buena in the province of Santa Cruz) <br>[see also: <a href="http://www.photius.com/rankings/geography/elevation_extremes_lowest_point_2013_0.html" target="_blank"><u>Elevation extremes - lowest point country ranks</u></a> ] <br><i> highest point: </i>Cerro Aconcagua 6,960 m (located in the northwestern corner of the province of Mendoza; highest point in South America) <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#natural_resources">Natural resources:</a></b><br> fertile plains of the pampas, lead, zinc, tin, copper, iron ore, manganese, petroleum, uranium <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#land_use">Land use:</a></b><br> <i>arable land: </i>10.03% <br>[see also: <a href="http://www.photius.com/rankings/geography/land_use_arable_land_2013_0.html" target="_blank"><u>Land use - arable land country ranks</u></a> ] <br><i> permanent crops: </i>0.36% <br><i> other: </i>89.61% (2005) <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#irrigated_land">Irrigated land:</a></b><br> 15,500 sq km (2003) <br>[see also: <a href="http://www.photius.com/rankings/geography/irrigated_land_2013_0.html" target="_blank"><u>Irrigated land country ranks</u></a> ] <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#total_renewable_water_resources">Total renewable water resources:</a></b><br> 814 cu km (2000) <br>[see also: <a href="http://www.photius.com/rankings/geography/total_renewable_water_resources_2013_0.html" target="_blank"><u>Total renewable water resources country ranks</u></a> ] <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#freshwater_withdrawal">Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):</a></b><br> <i>total: </i>29.19 cu km/yr (17%/9%/74%) <br>[see also: <a href="http://www.photius.com/rankings/geography/freshwater_withdrawal_domestic_industrial_agricultural_total_2013_0.html" target="_blank"><u>Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - total country ranks</u></a> ] <br><i> per capita: </i>753 cu m/yr (2000) <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#natural_hazards">Natural hazards:</a></b><br> 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 in some areas <br><i> volcanism: </i>volcanic activity in the Andes Mountains along the Chilean border; Copahue (elev. 2,997 m) last erupted in 2000; other historically active volcanoes include Llullaillaco, Maipo, Planchon-Peteroa, San Jose, Tromen, Tupungatito, and Viedma <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#environment_current_issues">Environment - current issues:</a></b><br> environmental problems (urban and rural) typical of an industrializing economy such as deforestation, soil degradation, desertification, air pollution, and water pollution <br><i> <em>note:</em> </i>Argentina is a world leader in setting voluntary greenhouse gas targets <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#environment_international_agreements">Environment - international agreements:</a></b><br> <i>party to: </i>Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling <br><i> signed, but not ratified: </i>Marine Life Conservation <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#geography_note">Geography - note:</a></b><br> 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 </font> <p> <p> <BR> <P> <font size = "-2"><B> NOTE: The information regarding Argentina on this page is re-published from the 2013 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. 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