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Argentina-Information
Climate
Continental Argentina stretches from the Tropic of
Capricorn in the north to 55º latitude in the south, giving the country a wide
range of climatic zones, from tropical in the northern provinces, where
temperatures can reach up to 49º centigrade, to subartic in southern Tierra del
Fuego, where tempartures drop to as low as -35º centrigade. Between these
extremes, the middle of the country is temperate and the regions of Chaco and
Formosa are subtropical.
There are also wide regional variations with regard to precipitation. More than
1,520 mm (60 in) fall annually in the northern provinces but in the the west and
south the land is semi-arid.