Total Area: 2,780,400 sq km Land Area: 2,736,690 sq km Water Area: 43,710 sq km Climate description: mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest Terrain description: rich plains of the Pampas in northern half, flat to rolling plateau of Patagonia in south, rugged Andes along western border Arable Land Use: 10.03% Permanent Crop Land Use: 0.36% Irrigated Land: 15,500 sq km (2003) Total Renewable Water Resources: 814 cu km (2000) Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 29.19 cu km/yr (17%/9%/74%) Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal:753 cu m/yr (2000) Natural Hazards description: 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 in some areas Environmental Current Issues: environmental problems (urban and rural) typical of an industrializing economy such as deforestation, soil degradation, desertification, air pollution, and water pollution Total Labor Force: 17.07 million % of Labor Force in Agriculture: 5% Agricultural Products description: sunflower seeds, lemons, soybeans, grapes, corn, tobacco, peanuts, tea, wheat; livestock Click on the pictures for their links |
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