AGRICULTURE
Total Area: 2,780,400 sq km
Land Area: 2,736,690 sq km
Water Area: 43, 710 sq km
Climate description: Mostly temperate, arid in southeast, and sub antarctic in Southwest
Terrain description: Rich plains of the Pampas in Northern half, flat to rolling plateau of Patagonia in South, rugged Andes along Western border
Arable Land Use: 13.68%
Permanent Crop Land Use: 0.36%
Irrigated Land: 15,500 sq km
Total Renewable Water Resources: 814 cu km
Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 32.57 cu km/yr
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 864.9 cu m/yr
Natural Hazards description: San Miguel de Tucuman and Mendoza areas in the Andes subject to earthquakes, pamperos are violent windstorms that can strike the pampas and northeast. Heavy flooding in some areas.
Environmental Current Issues: environmental problems typical of an industrializing economy such as deforestation, soil degradation, desertification, air pollution and water pollution
Total Labor Force: 17.05 million
% of Labor Force in Agriculture: 5%
Agricultural Products description: Sunflower seeds, lemons, soybeans, grapes, corn, tobacco, peanuts, tea, wheat, and livestock
Land Area: 2,736,690 sq km
Water Area: 43, 710 sq km
Climate description: Mostly temperate, arid in southeast, and sub antarctic in Southwest
Terrain description: Rich plains of the Pampas in Northern half, flat to rolling plateau of Patagonia in South, rugged Andes along Western border
Arable Land Use: 13.68%
Permanent Crop Land Use: 0.36%
Irrigated Land: 15,500 sq km
Total Renewable Water Resources: 814 cu km
Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 32.57 cu km/yr
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 864.9 cu m/yr
Natural Hazards description: San Miguel de Tucuman and Mendoza areas in the Andes subject to earthquakes, pamperos are violent windstorms that can strike the pampas and northeast. Heavy flooding in some areas.
Environmental Current Issues: environmental problems typical of an industrializing economy such as deforestation, soil degradation, desertification, air pollution and water pollution
Total Labor Force: 17.05 million
% of Labor Force in Agriculture: 5%
Agricultural Products description: Sunflower seeds, lemons, soybeans, grapes, corn, tobacco, peanuts, tea, wheat, and livestock