Argentina
Average temperature, rainfall and snowfall information is available for the following climate stations in Argentina
Official name: | Argentine Republic |
Capital: | Buenos Aires |
Area: | total: 2,766,890 sq km land: 2,736,690 sq km water: 30,200 sq km |
Climate: | mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest |
Location: | Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay |
Geographic coordinates: | 34 00 S, 64 00 W |
Comparative Area: | slightly less than three-tenths the size of the US |
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 |
Coastline: | 4,989 km |
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: Salinas Chicas -40 m (located on Peninsula Valdes) highest point: Cerro Aconcagua 6,960 m |
Map of Argentina