Map of the vegetation in Argentina. As it can be seen Argentina has many different types of vegetation all over the country. There are unclassified highlands or ice caps that runs from near Chile to the bottom of Argentina. There are Midlatitude deciduous forests towards the bottom of Argentina along with midlatitude scrubland. In the middle is Tropical savanna and in the east is midlatitude grassland and the west has Desert and at the top near Paraguay is Tropical seasonal and scrub (South American Vegetation Map).
References: South American Vegetation Map. (n.d.). Retrieved from Howstuffworks: http://maps.howstuffworks.com/south-america-vegetation-map.htm
Cultural Region Map
This is a political map of Argentina describing the different provinces in the country. It also marks where the capital of the country, Buenos Aires, is (Political Map of Argentina, 2013).
References: Political Map of Argentina. (2013, Jan 31). Retrieved from Maps of World: http://www.mapsofworld.com/argentina/argentina-political-map.html
Here is a physical map of Argentina. From this you can see the different elevations of the different areas in Argentina. While the Andes can get up to 4000m most of the other areas of Argentina range from 60 m to 1000m (Physical Map of Argentina, 2008). References: Physical Map of Argentina. (2008). Retrieved from Maps of World: http://www.mapsofworld.com/physical-map/argentina-physical-map.html
Images of Landscape
Examples of Physical Landscape
Iguazu Falls is an example of one of the many different types of landscape that exists in Argentina. Iguazu Falls is a travel destination and a popular spot for many tourists (Barba, 2012). These are also the same falls as in the banner of this website.
Here is a picture of a vineyard in front of the beautiful Andes Mountains. The contrast between the climates of the top of the Andes mountains and the ground of which the vineyard is on is clearly contrasted in this picture (The Lodge).
Here is an image of the Flat Salt Desert in Argentina with the Andes Mountains in the distance. This again is a completely different climate and vegetation than the other two and show how diverse Argentina's landscape can be (sebadelval, 2013).
References:
Barba, E. D. (2012, Dec 1). 5 Christmas Natural Travel Destinations: South America. Retrieved from Swide: http://www.swide.com/food-travel/pocket- guide/top-5-best-christmas-destinations-for-a-travel-in-nature-south- america/2012/12/01
sebadelval. (2013, Jan 14). Cone Flat Salt Argentina Desert Andes Mountain. Retrieved from Pixabay: http://pixabay.com/en/cone-salt-flat-argentina- desert-74773/
The Lodge. (n.d.). Retrieved from Cavas Wine Lodge: http://www.cavaswinelodge.com/en/lodge.php
Examples of Human Enviornment
This is an image of the Monument to General Manuel Belgrano found in Buenos Aires (Onlipix). General Belgrano took part in the Argentine wars of independence and created Argentina's Flag (Manuel Belgrano, 2014).
Here Farmers can be seen herding their cattle. This is a common profession in Argentina and Buenos Aires was the origin of these many cattle ranchers (Things to do in Argentina).
Here is the salt desert in Argentina with man made pools of water that are used to collect salt by the mining companies (las-salinas-grandes,
2013).
References:
(n.d.). Retrieved from Onlipix: http://www.onlipix.com/personages/bel.htm