Weird and Wonderful Landscapes – 2
- POSTED ON: 16 Mar, 2018
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Patagonia is a sparsely populated region located at the southern end of South America, shared by Argentina and Chile. The Patagonian region comprises the southern section of the Andes mountains as well as the deserts, pampas and grasslands east of this southern portion of the Andes. Patagonia has two coasts: western facing the Pacific Ocean and eastern facing the Atlantic Ocean. Click on the hotspots to learn more…
Argentine Patagonia is for the most part a region of steppe-like plains, and covered with an enormous bed of shingle almost bare of vegetation. In the hollows of the plains are ponds or lakes of fresh and brackish water. Towards Chilean territory the shingle gives place to porphyry, granite, and basalt lavas, animal life becomes more abundant and vegetation more luxuriant, consisting principally of southern beech and conifers.
Source : Wikipedia