חיפוש ברשת מילון חיפוש בפורום
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| CIA World Factbook 2005 | הורד מילון בבילון 9 למחשב שלך |
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Location: | Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay |
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Geographic coordinates:
| 34 00 S, 64 00 W |
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Map references:
| South America |
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Area:
| total: 2,766,890 sq km
land: 2,736,690 sq km water: 30,200 sq km |
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Area - comparative:
| slightly less than three-tenths the size of the US |
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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 |
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Coastline:
| 4,989 km |
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Maritime claims:
| territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin |
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Climate:
| mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest |
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Terrain:
| rich plains of the Pampas in northern half, flat to rolling plateau of Patagonia in south, rugged Andes along western border |
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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) |
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Natural resources:
| fertile plains of the pampas, lead, zinc, tin, copper, iron ore, manganese, petroleum, uranium |
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Land use:
| arable land: 12.31%
permanent crops: 0.48% other: 87.21% (2001) |
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Irrigated land:
| 15,610 sq km (1998 est.) |
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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 |
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Environment - current issues:
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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 |
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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 |
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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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| CIA World Factbook 2005 | הורד מילון בבילון 9 למחשב שלך |
|
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 |
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Area - comparative:
| slightly less than three-tenths the size of the US |
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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 |
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Coastline:
| 4,989 km |
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Maritime claims:
| territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin |
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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) |
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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) |
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Irrigated land:
| 15,610 sq km (1998 est.) |
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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 |
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Environment - current issues:
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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 |
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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 |
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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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