Geographic situation

The Argentine Republic is located at the southernmost part of the American Continent. Its area is 3.7 million sq. km, including 964,000 sq. km of the Antartic Continental area and South Atlantic Islands.
Argentina is bounded on the north by Bolivia, on the northeast by Paraguay, on the east by Brazil, Uruguay and the Atlantic Ocean and on the west by Chile. It has an extensive coastline from the mouth of the Río de la Plata river up to Tierra del Fuego.

Climate

The South American Continental area extends along 3,700 km between south latitudes 22 and 55. The variety of climates is the result of said great extension ranging from subtropical in the extreme north to the cold climate of Patagonia, prevailing template climates in the greatest part of the country. Humid areas cover one third of the territory, 30% approx. of which corresponds to northeast woods and subtropical "montes" and the rest to the Pampean plain which covers an area of 600,000 sq. km. The latter is the main farming, livestock and industrial region of the country, gathering almost the 70% of the population, the 80% of farming and livestock output value of the industrial activity.
The remaining two thirds of the land area correspond to arid zones, semiarid zones or long lasting dry seasons.