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The Argentine Republic is in South America. It is bordered by Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean.
Buenos Aires is the capital city and a major port. Cordoba is the second largest city. Other ports include Bahia Blanca, Deseado, Rosario and Santa Fe.
Argentina's terrain consists of plains (the Pampas), flat to rolling plateau (Patagonia) and rugged mountains (the Andes). Major rivers are the Parana, Paraguay and Uruguay rivers.
The climate is very varied, for example, subtropical in the north and sub-arctic in the south.
Argentina's extremely diverse environment is protected by its system of National Parks. There are also four Natural Property World Heritage sites.
The Iguazu National Park is shared between Argentina and Brazil and is the location of one the largest waterfalls in the world. It measures eighty metres high, and two thousand seven hundred metres in diameter. The park's subtropical rainforest is home to animals such as monkeys, tapirs, ocelots and jaguars.
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