Travel Reference
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Geography/Topography
The province of Córdoba could easily be called
the “breadbasket of Argentina.” Not only is this
province of seemingly endless plains, rolling
hills, rivers, lakes and streams a vacation para-
dise, it is also one of the nation's most impor-
tant industrial and agricultural regions.
Located in the center of the country, almost equi-
distant from the Andes in the west and the Atlan-
tic in the east, its 165,321 square kilometers
(63,814 square miles) are crossed by three moun-
tain ranges running north to south, and five
rivers. The latter, formed by seasonal rains and
winter thaws, have been dammed in many places
to create both irrigation systems and the region's
principal tourist attraction, her many lakes.
Córdoba's northern landscape is characterized
by the flat jungle plains of the
Gran Chaco
,
which extends from Mato Grosso in Brazil
south to the Rio Salado in Argentina, west to
the Andes and east to the Paraguay River.
Did You Know?
Native to the region is the
quebracho
,a
tree known for the superb quality of its
wood as well as its resin, used in the
tanning of leather.
The fertile
pampas
, home of the legendary
gau-
cho
, dominate the southern portion of the prov-
ince.
