!!!Argentina: Geography
||Location|Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay
||Geographic Coordinates|34 00 S, 64 00 W[{GoogleMap location='-34.0,-64.0' zoom='4'}]
||Area |''total: ''2,780,400 sq km\\''land: ''2,736,690 sq km\\''water: ''43,710 sq km__\\''We are unable to verify those figures from Factbook, since the 6 main sources we used for checking give different figures as follows:\\[Factbook|https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook]: 2780400\\ [DBpedia|http://dbpedia.org]: 2780399\\ [Geoname|http://www.geonames.org]: 2766890\\ [Infoplease|http://www.infoplease.com]: 2766890\\ [Britannica|http://www.britannica.com]: 2780400\\ [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: 2767000''__\\__Attempted Explanation__: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org]
||Land boundaries|''total: ''11,968 km\\''border countries: ''Bolivia 942 km, Brazil 1,263 km, Chile 6,691 km, Paraguay 2,531 km, Uruguay 541 km
||Coastline|4,989 km
||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; highest point in South America)
||Highest Mountains|__Due to difference in mountain rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\ According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Aconcagua 6962 m; Ojos del Salado 6880 m; Cerro Bonete 6872 m; Monte Pissis 6779 m; Mercedario 6770 m\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Cerro Aconcagua 6959 m; Monte Pissis 6882 m; Cerro Mercedario 6770 m; Cerro Bonete 6759 m; Nevado Tres Cruces 6749 m\\ \\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] \\[Important Mountains|Geography/America/Argentina/Geography/Important_Mountains]
||Terrain|rich plains of the Pampas in northern half, flat to rolling plateau of Patagonia in south, rugged Andes along western border
||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 in some areas volcanism: volcanic activity in the Andes Mountains along the Chilean border; Copahue (elev. 2,997 m) last erupted in 2000; other historically active volcanoes include Llullaillaco, Maipo, Planchon-Peteroa, San Jose, Tromen, Tupungatito, and Viedma
||Natural Resource|fertile plains of the pampas, lead, zinc, tin, copper, iron ore, manganese, petroleum, uranium
||Land Use|''arable land: ''13.68%\\''permanent crops: ''0.36%\\''other: ''85.96% (2011)
||Climate|mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest
||Irrigated Land|15,500 sq km (2003)
||Renewable Water Resources|814 cu km (2011)
||Environment_CurrentIssues|environmental problems (urban and rural) typical of an industrializing economy such as deforestation, soil degradation, desertification, air pollution, and water pollution<br /><i><b>note:</b> </i>Argentina is a world leader in setting voluntary greenhouse gas targets
||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
||Large Cities|__Due to difference in city rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Buenos Aires; Cordoba; Rosario; La Plata; Mar del Plata\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Buenos Aires; Córdoba; Rosario; Mendoza; Tucumán\\\\\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] \\[Important Cities|Geography/America/Argentina/Geography/Important_Cities]
||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); diverse geophysical landscapes range from tropical climates in the north to tundra in the far south; Cerro Aconcagua is the Western Hemisphere's tallest mountain, while Laguna del Carbon is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere\\[Important Rivers|Geography/America/Argentina/Geography/Important_Rivers]\\[Important Lakes|Geography/America/Argentina/Geography/Important_Lakes]