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| Location | Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay |
| Geographic coordinates | 34 00 S, 64 00 W |
| Map references | south_america |
| Area |
total: 2,766,890 sq km land: 2,736,690 sq km water: 30,200 sq km |
| Area comparative | slightly less than three-tenths the size of the US |
| Land boundaries |
total: 9,665 km border countries: bolivia 832 km, brazil 1,224 km, chile 5,150 km, paraguay 1,880 km, uruguay 579 km |
| Coastline | 4,989 km |
| Maritime claims |
territorial sea: 12 nm continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin exclusive economic zone: 200 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm |
| Climate | mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest |
| Terrain | rich plains of the Pampas in northern half, flat to rolling plateau of Patagonia in south, rugged Andes along western border |
| 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) highest point: cerro aconcagua 6,960 m (located in the northwestern corner of the province of mendoza) |
| Natural resources | fertile plains of the pampas, lead, zinc, tin, copper, iron ore, manganese, petroleum, uranium |
| Land use |
arable land: 12.31% permanent crops: 0.48% other: 87.21% (2001) |
| Irrigated land | 15,610 sq km (1998 est.) |
| 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 |
| Environment - current issues | environmental problems (urban and rural) typical of an industrializing economy such as deforestation, soil degradation, desertification, air pollution, and water pollution note: argentina is a world leader in setting voluntary greenhouse gas targets |
| Environment - international agreements | party to: 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 signed, but not ratified: marine life conservation |
| 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); Cerro Aconcagua is South America's tallest mountain, while Laguna del Carbon is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere |
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