Argentina Holidays
Argentina's holiday market is a thing to see. Why not have a holiday or vacation in the super nation of Argentina. It can be a super place to have a vacation or holiday in. You may want to see super views in the nation. You may want to see the historic sites or beaches.
Argentina has 4,665 km ( of coastline. The continental platform is unusually wide; in Argentina this shallow area of the Atlantic Ocean is called Mar Argentino. The waters are rich in fisheries and suspected of holding important hydrocarbon energy resources. Argentina's coastline varies between areas of sand dunes and cliffs. The two major ocean currents affecting the coast are the warm Brazil Current and the cold Falkland Current (Spanish: corriente antártica or corriente de las Malvinas). Because of the unevenness of the coastal landmass, the two currents alternate in their influence on climate and do not allow temperatures to fall evenly with higher latitude. The southern coast of Tierra del Fuego forms the north shore of the Drake Passage.
Geographic
regions
Pampas
The plains west and south from Buenos Aires. Called the Humid Pampa, they cover
most of the provinces of Buenos Aires and Córdoba and large portions of
the provinces of Santa Fe and La Pampa. The western part of La Pampa and the province
San Luis also have plains (the Dry Pampa), but they are drier and used mainly
for grazing. The Sierra de Córdoba in the homonymous province (extending
into San Luis), is the most important geographical feature of the pampas.
Gran
Chaco
The Gran Chaco region in the north of the country is seasonal dry/wet,
mainly cotton growing and livestock raising. It covers the provinces of Chaco
and Formosa. It is dotted with subtropical forests, scrubland, and some wetlands,
home to a large number of plant and animal species. The province of Santiago del
Estero lies in the drier region of the Gran Chaco.
Mesopotamia
The land between the Paraná and Uruguay rivers is called Mesopotamia and
it is shared by the provinces of Corrientes and Entre Ríos. It features
flatland apt for grazing and plant growing, and the Iberá Wetlands in central
Corrientes. Misiones province is more tropical and belongs within the Brazilian
Highlands geographic feature. It features subtropical rainforests and the Iguazú
Falls.
Patagonia
The steppes of Patagonia, in the provinces of Neuquén, Río Negro,
Chubut and Santa Cruz, are of Tertiary origin. Most of the region is semiarid
in the north to cold and arid in the far south, but forests grow in its western
fringes which are dotted with several large lakes. Tierra del Fuego is cool and
wet, moderated by oceanic influences. Northern Patagonia (roughly Río Negro
south of the homonymous river, and Neuquén) can also be referred as the
Comahue region.
Cuyo
West-central Argentina is dominated by the imposing Andes Mountains. To their
east is the arid region known as Cuyo. Melting waters from high in the mountains
form the backbone of irrigated lowland oasis, at the center of a rich fruit and
wine growing region in Mendoza and San Juan provinces. Further north the region
gets hotter and drier with more geographical accidents in La Rioja province.
NOA
or Northwest
This region is the highest in average elevation. Several parallel
mountain ranges, several of which have peaks higher than 20,000 feet (6,000 m),
dominate the area. These ranges grow wider in geographic extent towards the north.
They are cut by fertile river valleys, the most important being the Calchaquí
Valleys in the provinces of Catamarca, Tucumán, and Salta. Farther north
the province of Jujuy near Bolivia lies mainly within the Altiplano plateau of
the Central Andes. The Tropic of Capricorn goes through the far north of the region.
Rivers and lakes
Major rivers in Argentina include the Pilcomayo, Paraguay, Bermejo, Colorado, Río Negro, Salado, Uruguay and the largest river, the Paraná. The latter two flow together before meeting the Atlantic Ocean, forming the estuary of the Río de la Plata. Regionally important rivers are the Atuel and Mendoza in the homonymous province, the Chubut in Patagonia, the Río Grande in Jujuy, and the San Francisco River in Salta.
There are several large lakes in Argentina, many of them in Patagonia. Among these are lakes Argentino and Viedma in Santa Cruz, Nahuel Huapi in Río Negro and Fagnano in Tierra del Fuego, and Colhué Huapi and Musters in Chubut. Lake Buenos Aires and O'Higgins/San Martín Lake are shared with Chile. Mar Chiquita, Córdoba, is the largest salt water lake in the country. There are numerous reservoirs created by dams.
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