Patagonian Desert

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cold desert desert geographical region plateau

The Patagonian Desert is a vast, cold, and windswept arid plateau in southern Argentina, known as the largest desert in the Americas and characterized by sparse vegetation and harsh climatic conditions.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Patagonian steppe 3
Desierto Patagónico 1
Patagonia Desert 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cold desert ⓘ
desert ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
plateau ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Patagonian Desert ⓘ
surface form: Desierto Patagónico

Patagonian Desert ⓘ
surface form: Patagonia Desert

Patagonian Desert ⓘ
surface form: Patagonian Steppe
biome cold desert biome ⓘ
steppe biome ⓘ
borderedBy Andes ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
causeOfAridity Andean rain shadow ⓘ
climate arid ⓘ
cold ⓘ
semi-arid ⓘ
continent Americas ⓘ
country Argentina ⓘ
countryRegion southern Argentina ⓘ
ecoregion Patagonia ⓘ
surface form: Patagonian Steppe ecoregion
extendsInto Chile ⓘ
hasFeature low precipitation ⓘ
rain shadow effect ⓘ
strong westerly winds ⓘ
hasSoil gravelly soils ⓘ
sandy soils ⓘ
knownFor harsh climatic conditions ⓘ
sparse population ⓘ
strong winds ⓘ
locatedIn Patagonia ⓘ
South America ⓘ
partOf Patagonia ⓘ
surface form: Patagonian region

Southern Cone ⓘ
superlative largest desert in Argentina ⓘ
largest desert in the Americas ⓘ
terrain arid plateau ⓘ
windswept plateau ⓘ
typicalFauna Patagonian fox ⓘ
Patagonian mara ⓘ
guanaco ⓘ
lesser rhea ⓘ
puma ⓘ
typicalFlora bunchgrasses ⓘ
xerophytic shrubs ⓘ
typicalTemperature cold winters ⓘ
cool summers ⓘ
vegetation grasses ⓘ
shrubs ⓘ
sparse vegetation ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Patagonian Desert → alsoKnownAs → Patagonian Desert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Patagonian Steppe
Patagonian Desert → alsoKnownAs → Patagonian Desert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Patagonia Desert
Patagonian Desert → alsoKnownAs → Patagonian Desert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Desierto Patagónico
Patagonia → contains → Patagonian Desert ⓘ
Chubut River → crossesEcoregion → Patagonian Desert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Patagonian steppe
Los Glaciares National Park → ecosystem → Patagonian Desert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Patagonian steppe
Los Glaciares National Park → feature → Patagonian Desert ⓘ
this entity surface form: Patagonian steppe