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Argentina covers more than 1 million square miles that is 2.7 million square kilometres  The land slopes to the west border with Chile and follows the crest of the Andes, where heights of peaks range from more than 20,000 feet surrounded by mountains there is a string of artesian oases that lie along the eastern foothills in the northern Andes there is a arid plateau called the Gran Chaco a scrub woodland mixed with grassy savannas away to the east, between the Parana and Uruguay rivers, is the Mesopotamia this has a extensive subtropical pine forests and fertile plains that is  grown rice, oranges, and flax.

Gran Chaco and Mesopotamia these are the Northeast region of the Argentine Republic to the south is the Pampa, a low, flat plain with low hills or sierras here over millions of years the Pampa has been covered by a fertile wind-borne soil known as loess and the waterborne alluvium eroded from the Andes the pampas, or plains, here you will find the famous Argentine gaucho, or cowboy. The language of Argentina is Spanish, people settled here in the 16th century from Spain and other parts of South America then from many European countries, including Italy and Germany, in the 19th century agriculture was grain and livestock, more than 90 percent of the population is Roman Catholic.

The climate of Argentina is marked by seasonal change winter starts in June, July, and August and summer starts from January through to March most of Argentina is close to the Atlantic Ocean so seasonal temperature are moderated in the Northwest continental climate is similar to that in North America, mid-latitude winds rise from the Pacific Ocean to bring rain and snow to the higher slopes of the Andes winter snow  has made the area near San Carlos de Bariloche a world famous ski resort  with the prevailing westerly winds descending down to the eastern slopes of the Andes, they become warmer and increase their capacity to absorb moisture,  the zondas a cold offshore ocean current in the Atlantic contributes to the dryness the combination of the climate?s help to keep most of Patagonia dry.  

Two thirds of Argentina does not get enough rain to be sufficient for agriculture these contribute to occasional short-lived heavy rains that produce flash floods and dust storms that cover extensive,    In the extreme south of Patagonia the climate is cool and moist throughout the year and much of the land is forested In Ushuaia, Argentina's southernmost city, winter snows can be   heavy with the sun in June and July barely rising above the mountainous horizon.

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