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Perito Moreno glacier - Southwestern of Santa Cruz
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Population: 196.958 people (2001)
Surface: 243,943 km2
Capital: Río Gallegos
Main cities: Río Gallegos, Perito Moreno, Puerto San Julián,
Puerto Santa Cruz, El Calafate, Puerto Deseado.
General aspect: It has two totally different landscapes, the
one of barren plateau, in the central region; and the mountainous one of
the Patagonian Andean region.
The province of Santa Cruz is bounded
by the provinces of Chubut on the North and Chile on the West.
In this last region, the precipitations are superior to 500 annual
mm, making possible the existence of a typical forest. While the center
of the province is a barren steppe because of the low precipitations level.
Climate: In the western region, throughout the Mountain range
of the Andes, the climate is of humid cold type. In the center and this,
the climate is of Patagonian barren type: cold, dry and with little rains
that do not surpass the 200 annual mm.
Flora: In the Andes region the coniferous forests or other species
of perennial leaves predominate. The most common species are the sour cherry,
ñire and lenga. Below the trees level is possible to find shrubs
like calafate. At level of the ground numerous plants like the wild india
berries stand out, amancay, terrestrial orquídeas and ferns.
In the plateaus that extend from the Andes to the Atlantic Ocean the
only vegetation is shrubs (coirón, colapiche) of small leaves and
thorns, and low bushes.
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