Patagonian Desert
Largest desert in Argentina and is the 8th largest desert in the world by area, occupying 673,000 square kilometers .
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Conquest of the Desert
The Conquest of the Desert (Conquista del desierto) was an Argentine military campaign directed mainly by General Julio Argentino Roca in the 1870s with the intention of establishing dominance over the Patagonian Desert, inhabited primarily by indigenous peoples.
Patagonia
Patagonia refers to a geographical region that encompasses the southern end of South America, governed by Argentina and Chile.
Patagonia refers to a geographical region that encompasses the southern end of South America, governed by Argentina and Chile.
The region comprises the southern section of the Andes Mountains with lakes, fjords, temperate rainforests, and glaciers in the west and deserts, tablelands and steppes to the east.
Miocene
First geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about .
First geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about .
As the southern Andes rose in the Middle Miocene (14–12 million years ago) the resulting rain shadow originated the Patagonian Desert to the east.
Argentine Monte
Ecoregion of dry thorn scrub and grasslands in Argentina.
Ecoregion of dry thorn scrub and grasslands in Argentina.
The ecoregion merges into the Patagonian steppe in the south and southwest.
Rain shadow
Area of significantly reduced rainfall behind a mountainous region, on the side facing away from prevailing winds, known as its leeward side.
Area of significantly reduced rainfall behind a mountainous region, on the side facing away from prevailing winds, known as its leeward side.
Cuyo and Eastern Patagonia is rain shadowed from the prevailing westerly winds by the Andes range and is arid. The aridity of the lands next to eastern piedmont of the Andes decreases to the south due to a decrease in the height of the Andes with the consequence that the Patagonian Desert develop more fully at the Atlantic coast contributing to shaping the climatic pattern known as the Arid Diagonal. The Argentinian wine region of Cuyo and Northern Patagonia is almost completely dependent on irrigation, using water drawn from the many rivers that drain glacial ice from the Andes.
Los Glaciares National Park
Federal protected area in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina.
Federal protected area in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina.
Established on 11 May 1937, it hosts a representative sample of Magellanic subpolar forest and west Patagonian steppe biodiversity in good state of conservation.
Patagonian grasslands
Ecoregion in the south of Chile, Argentina and the Falkland Islands.
Ecoregion in the south of Chile, Argentina and the Falkland Islands.
To the north the grasslands adjoin the Patagonian steppe ecoregion.
Patagonia National Park (Chile)
Private nature reserve operated as a public-access park in the Aysén Region of Chile.
Private nature reserve operated as a public-access park in the Aysén Region of Chile.
The heart of the park is the Chacabuco Valley, a biologically important east-west valley that forms a pass over the Andes Mountains and a transition zone between the Patagonian steppe grasslands of Argentinian Patagonia and the southern beech forests of Chilean Patagonia to the west.
Laguna Blanca National Park
National Park in the west of the, close to the town of Zapala.
National Park in the west of the, close to the town of Zapala.
The lagoon is situated in the Patagonian steppe, surrounded by hills and gorges.
Monte León National Park
Federal protected area in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina.
Federal protected area in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina.
The Patagonian steppe, while barren at first glance, is inhabited by a considerable variety of plants.