Geography (Argentina)
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     Total area:
         2,766,890 km2
     Land area:
         2,736,690 km2
     Comparative area:
         slightly more than four times the size of Texas
     Land boundaries:
         9,665 km total; Bolivia 832 km, Brazil 1,224 km, Chile 5,150 km, Paraguay
         1,880 km, Uruguay 579 km
     Coastline:
         4,989 km
     Maritime claims:
       Continental shelf:
         200 m (depth) or to depth of exploitation
       Exclusive economic zone:
         nm limits unknown
       Territorial sea:
         12 nm (overflight and navigation permitted beyond 12 nm)
     Disputes:
         short section of the boundary with Uruguay is in dispute; short section of
         the boundary with Chile is indefinite; claims British-administered Falkland
         Islands (Islas Malvinas); claims British- administered South Georgia and the
         South Sandwich Islands; territorial claim in Antarctica
     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
     Natural resources:
         fertile plains of the pampas, lead, zinc, tin, copper, iron ore, manganese,
         crude oil, uranium
     Land use:
         arable land 9%; permanent crops 4%; meadows and pastures 52%; forest and
         woodland 22%; other 13%; includes irrigated 1%
     Environment:
         Tucuman and Mendoza areas in Andes subject to earthquakes; pamperos are
         violent windstorms that can strike Pampas and northeast; irrigated soil
         degradation; desertification; air and water pollution in Buenos Aires
     Note:
         second-largest country in South America (after Brazil); strategic location
         relative to sea lanes between South Atlantic and South Pacific Oceans
         (Strait of Magellan, Beagle Channel, Drake Passage)