Portal:Argentina
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 Argentina is a country in South America. It has a continental area of 2,791,810 km² (excluding claims in Antarctica). It spreads 3,800 km from North to South—from 22º to 55º South. Argentina has borders with Uruguay, Brasil, Paraguay, Bolivia and Chile with a total border line 9,376 km long. The name Argentina comes from Latin "argentum", meaning "silver". The origin of this denomination dates back to the journeys of the first Spanish conquerors to the Río de la Plata. The present population is approximately 39 million inhabitants, mainly concentrated in the urban agglomerates of Buenos Aires, Córdoba and Rosario.
The Pampas (from Quechua, meaning "plain") are the fertile South American lowlands that include the Argentine provinces of Buenos Aires, La Pampa, Santa Fe, and Córdoba, most of Uruguay, and southernmost Brazil, covering more than 750,000 km² (290,000 square miles). The climate is mild, with precipitation of 600 to 1,200 mm, more or less evenly distributed through the year, making the soils appropriate for agriculture. Frequent fires ensure that only small plants such as grasses flourish. Trees are almost entirely lacking, except along main watercourses. The dominant vegetation types are grassy prairie and grass steppe in which numerous species of the grass genus Stipa are conspicuous. "Pampas Grass" (Cortaderia selloana) is an iconic species. Different strata of grasses occur due to gradients of water availability.  The Perito Moreno Glacier () is a glacier located in the Los Glaciares National Park in the south west of Santa Cruz province, Argentina. It is one of the most important tourist attractions in the Argentine Patagonia. The 250 km² ice formation, of 30 km in length, is one of 48 glaciers fed by the Southern Patagonian Ice Field located in the Andes system shared with Chile. This icefield is the world's third largest reserve of fresh water.
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