CHILE A GREAT EXPERIENCE : mpsjourney Geography Mainland Chile is a long country stretching 4,300km north to south yet only 175km, on average, west to east. It passes through major climatic extremes from the Tropic of Capricorn in its north to the cold temperate zone in its south (even colder if you include Antarctica - a section of which Chile lays claim to). In addition to its incredible long shape, the country its lapped by the Pacific Ocean on its western coast, the water temperature kept cold by the Humboldt current running up from the freezing Antarctic waters in the south; and its eastern side is dominated by the impressively high Andes Mountain range rising to over 6,000m (18,000 ft) in places, the crest line of which forms the border boundaries with Bolivia and Argentina. South of Santiago the mountains are lower and more broken, but the country is rugged with hundreds of small islands offshore from Puerto Montt to the Tierra del Fuego. Much of Chile, therefore, has a mountain climate with perpetual snow and glaciers in the higher parts that have an influence on local weather patterns. The height of the snowline gradually decreases from north to south as temperature decreases and precipitation increases
Posted on: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 15:57:37 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015