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Patagonian Steppe

Also Known As Patagonian Desert
Savanna and Grassland

The Patagonian Steppe, also called the Patagonian Desert, is a large cold winter desert and grassland covering roughly 673,000 square kilometers of Argentina, the largest desert in the country and the eighth largest in the world by area. Its dry, wind-scoured plains straddle two classifications, appearing in surveys both as desert and xeric shrubland and as temperate grassland. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Biogeographic Realm
Neotropic 1
Area (sq km)
673,000 1
Connections

Demonstrates

Drought, Natural Phenomena
Source National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Hosts

Guanaco, Species
Source Guanaco (Wikipedia)

In Biome

Grassland, Biomes
Source Patagonian Desert (Wikipedia)

Open Questions

Open Question: Patagonian Steppe, Open Questions
Source Patagonian Desert (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Patagonian Desert (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
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    The Patagonian Desert, also known as the Patagonian Steppe, is the largest desert in Argentina and is the eighth-largest desert in the world by area, occupying approx. 673,000 square kilometres (260,000 mi2).
  • Biogeographic realm: neotropic (derived from location stated in entity description)
  • Open Questions: Open Question: Patagonian Steppe
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Guanaco (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHosts: Guanaco, Distribution section
Quote, Hosts: Guanaco, Distribution section
Guanacos inhabit the steppes, scrublands and mountainous regions of South America. They are found in the altiplano of Peru, Bolivia and Chile, and in Patagonia
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationDemonstrates: DroughtView the Source
Open Questions (1 open question)
Open Question: Patagonian Steppe

A cited further-reading source on the Patagonian Desert Wikipedia article poses whether dust raised from the Patagonian Steppe reaches the sub-Antarctic Atlantic Ocean as an open research question.

What would resolve this Atmospheric dust-transport modeling or sediment-core sampling in the sub-Antarctic Atlantic tracing mineral signatures back to Patagonian sources.
Atmospheric sciencePatagonian Desert (Wikipedia)

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