Gran Chaco

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The Gran Chaco is a vast, sparsely populated lowland plain in central South America, known for its hot, semi-arid climate and dry forests spanning parts of Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, and Brazil.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
plain
approximateArea 1000000 square kilometers
borderedBy Andes
Pantanal
Paraguay River
Paraná River
continent South America
countryPortion northern Argentina
southeastern Bolivia
Brazilian Midwest
surface form: southwestern Brazil

western Paraguay
dominantVegetation seasonally dry forest
thorny shrubs
xerophytic woodland
hasBiome subtropical dry forest
tropical dry forest
hasClimate hot
semi-arid
hasEcosystemType dry forest
savanna
thorn scrub
hasProtectedArea Defensores del Chaco National Park
El Impenetrable National Park
Kaa-Iya del Gran Chaco National Park
indigenousGroup Ayoreo
Nivaclé
Qom
Wichí
inhabitedBy indigenous peoples
isLowlandPlain true
isSparselyPopulated true
knownFor cattle ranching
deforestation
high temperatures
seasonal rainfall
languageFamilyRegion Mataco–Guaicuru languages
locatedIn Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Paraguay
majorRiver Bermejo River
Paraguay River
Pilcomayo River
partOf South American lowlands
subregion Chaco
surface form: Chaco Húmedo

Chaco
surface form: Chaco Seco
threat agricultural expansion
cattle grazing
soy cultivation

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Pampas borderedBy Gran Chaco
Guaraní region Gran Chaco
Guaraní hasCulturalSignificanceIn Gran Chaco
this entity surface form: eastern Bolivia
Arawakan languages region Gran Chaco
Southern Cone borderedBy Gran Chaco
northern Argentina hasEcoregion Gran Chaco
subject surface form: Northern Argentina
northwestern Argentina bordersRegion Gran Chaco
subject surface form: Northwestern Argentina
Guarani peoples region Gran Chaco
German Brazilians culturalRegion Gran Chaco
this entity surface form: West of Paraná
America contains Gran Chaco
Pilcomayo River flowsThrough Gran Chaco
Pilcomayo River crossesEcoregion Gran Chaco
this entity surface form: Humid Chaco
Pilcomayo River hasFloodplain Gran Chaco
this entity surface form: Gran Chaco floodplain
Puerto Casado partOf Gran Chaco
this entity surface form: Chaco region of Paraguay
Puerto Casado locatedInGeographicalArea Gran Chaco
this entity surface form: Paraguayan Chaco
Ava Guaraní region Gran Chaco
this entity surface form: Gran Chaco region
Puerto Bermejo partOf Gran Chaco
this entity surface form: Gran Chaco region
Formosa partOf Gran Chaco
this entity surface form: Gran Chaco region
Bahía Negra partOf Gran Chaco
Chaco Province locatedInRegion Gran Chaco
Chaco Province historicalRegion Gran Chaco
this entity surface form: Gran Chaco region of South America
Jujuy Province partOf Gran Chaco
this entity surface form: Gran Chaco region
Bermejo River locatedIn Gran Chaco
Bermejo River locatedIn Gran Chaco
this entity surface form: Chaco region of South America
Catagonus wagneri nativeTo Gran Chaco
Catagonus nativeTo Gran Chaco
subject surface form: Catagonus wagneri
Chacoan peccary nativeTo Gran Chaco
Tarija Department partOfRegion Gran Chaco
this entity surface form: Bolivian Chaco
Luque, Paraguay locatedInRegion Gran Chaco
this entity surface form: Paraguayan Oriental Region
Ñandeva Guarani cultureArea Gran Chaco
this entity surface form: Gran Chaco region
Chaco War location Gran Chaco
Chaco partOf Gran Chaco
Chaco hasSubregion Gran Chaco
this entity surface form: Argentine Chaco
Chaco hasSubregion Gran Chaco
this entity surface form: Paraguayan Chaco
Chaco hasSubregion Gran Chaco
this entity surface form: Bolivian Chaco
Mesopotamia–Litoral region (broad sense) borderedBy Gran Chaco
this entity surface form: Gran Chaco region
National Route 11 (Argentina) connectsRegion Gran Chaco
this entity surface form: Gran Chaco region
Robles Department geographicalRegion Gran Chaco
this entity surface form: Gran Chaco region
Salado del Norte River locatedIn Gran Chaco
this entity surface form: Gran Chaco ecoregion
Dulce River region Gran Chaco
this entity surface form: Gran Chaco region
Dolichotis nativeTo Gran Chaco
subject surface form: Dolichotis salinicola
Payaguá people historicalRegion Gran Chaco