Focus on Argentina (landscapes)
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Which four different landscapes do you have in Argentina?
Pampa, middle
dry, natural steppes
In the east very fertile growing grain
west south dry no crops
Climate: warm in summer chilly in winter
Gran Chaco
North east low plain
savannahs and marshlands
Warmest and most humid part of Argentina, average temperature of 22.5 degrees
Andes high
High mountain range
plateau
cold steppes and desert
always cold sharp wind
everywhere dry except in Tierra del Fuege in the far south, which gets more than 500 mm of precipitation.
dry, natural steppes
In the east very fertile growing grain
west south dry no crops
Climate: warm in summer chilly in winter
Gran Chaco
North east low plain
savannahs and marshlands
Warmest and most humid part of Argentina, average temperature of 22.5 degrees
Andes high
High mountain range
- east side mountain (leeward side) desert, only vegetation cactus's and shrubs
plateau
cold steppes and desert
always cold sharp wind
everywhere dry except in Tierra del Fuege in the far south, which gets more than 500 mm of precipitation.
Why is it warmer in ran Chaco than in Patagonia?
1. Latitude: nearer to the equator
2. altitude: not so high
2. altitude: not so high
Explain the difference in temperature and precipitation between Buenos Aires and Santa Cruz?
Temperature: the latitude, 35 degrees SL for Buenos Aires and 52 degrees for Santa Cruz
precipitation: Santa Cruz is in the rain shadow of the Andes (west winds). Buenos Aires is much further fro the mountains (most east), and more to the north, nearer the (humid) tropics.
precipitation: Santa Cruz is in the rain shadow of the Andes (west winds). Buenos Aires is much further fro the mountains (most east), and more to the north, nearer the (humid) tropics.
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