Patagonian Desert
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The Patagonian Desert, also known as the Patagonian Steppe, is the largest desert in Argentina and is the eighth-largest desert in the world by area, occupying approx. 673,000 square kilometres. It is
View of the Pinturas River in the desert
Astronaut photography of the Patagonian Desert (most of the view) contrasted with the Limay River, seen flowing eastward from the Andes.
Patagonian Desert at the Bosques Petrificados de Jaramillo National Park.
View of the Patagonian Desert and the Andes Mountains in Chubut.
Valdivian temperate forests
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The Valdivian temperate forests is an ecoregion on the west coast of southern South America, in Chile and Argentina. It is part of the Neotropical realm. The forests are named after the city of Valdiv
Patagonian Desert
…Deserts and xeric shrublands, Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands Borders Argentine Monte Magellanic subpolar forests Southern Andean steppe, Valdivian temperate forests Geography Area 572,883 km2 (221,191 mi2) Countries Argentina Chile Falkland Islands / Islas Malvinas (disputed) Coordinates Conservation Conservation…
Trees and understory at Oncol Park
Vegetation around Termas Geométricas near Coñaripe. The Andes of Zona Sur host numerous hotsprings.
An old-grown pure stand of Aextoxicon in Punta Curiñanco at the Pacific coast.
Valdivian cloud forest Bosque de Fray Jorge in semi-arid Norte Chico.