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Geography Stats: compare key data on Argentina & South Sudan

Definitions

  • Area > Comparative: The area of various small countries expressed in comparison to various areas within the United States of America.
  • Area > Total: Total area in square kilometers
  • Climate: A brief description of typical weather regimes throughout the year.
  • Coastline: The total length of the boundary between the land area (including islands) and the sea.
  • Elevation extremes > Highest point: Highest point above sea level
  • Geographic coordinates: This entry includes rounded latitude and longitude figures for the purpose of finding the approximate geographic center of an entity and is based on the Gazetteer of Conventional Names, Third Edition, August 1988, US Board on Geographic Names and on other sources.
  • Note: This entry includes miscellaneous geographic information of significance not included elsewhere.
  • Highest point: Name of country’s highest point.
  • Land area > Square miles: Country land area.
  • Land boundaries > Border countries: Length of land boundaries by border country
  • Land boundaries > Total: The total length of all land boundaries and the individual lengths for each of the contiguous border countries
  • Location: The country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water.
  • Map references: The name of the CIA World Factbook reference map on which a country may be found. The entry on Geographic coordinates may be helpful in finding some smaller countries.
  • Natural resources: A country's mineral, petroleum, hydropower, and other resources of commercial importance.
  • Terrain: A brief description of the topography
  • Capital: Country capital.
  • Marine Coastline: Length of each country's coastline in kilometers.
  • Border to area ratio: The ratio of a country's land border to its surface area.
  • Highest point elevation: Name of country’s highest point.
  • Highest town: Name of country’s highest permanent settlement, which is occupied year-round.
  • Lowest point altitude: Altitude.

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  • Lowest point: Lowest point.

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  • Continent or sub continent: Within Continent / Subcontinent.

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STAT
Argentina
South Sudan
HISTORY
Area > Comparative slightly less than three-tenths the size of the US slightly smaller than Texas
Area > Total 2.78 million sq km
Ranked 9th. 4 times more than South Sudan
644,329 sq km
Ranked 43th.

Climate mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest hot with seasonal rainfall influenced by the annual shift of the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone; rainfall is heaviest in the upland areas of the south and diminishes to the north
Coastline 4,989 km
Ranked 26th.
0.0
Ranked 198th.

Elevation extremes > Highest point Cerro Aconcagua 6,960 m (located in the northwestern corner of the province of Mendoza; highest point in South America) Kinyeti 3,187 m
Geographic coordinates 34 00 S, 64 00 W 8 00 N, 30 00 E
Note second-largest country in South America (after Brazil); strategic location relative to sea lanes between the South Atlantic and the South Pacific Oceans (Strait of Magellan, Beagle Channel, Drake Passage); diverse geophysical landscapes range from tropical climates in the north to tundra in the far south; Cerro Aconcagua is the Western Hemisphere's tallest mountain, while Laguna del Carbon is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere The Sudd is a vast swamp in South Sudan, formed by the White Nile, comprising more than 15% of the total area; it is one of the world's largest wetlands
Highest point Aconcagua Kinyeti
Land area > Square miles 1.1 million square miles
Ranked 4th. 5 times more than South Sudan
239,285 square miles
Ranked 1st.
Land boundaries > Border countries Bolivia 832 km, Brazil 1,261 km, Chile 5,308 km, Paraguay 1,880 km, Uruguay 580 km Central African Republic 989 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 639 km, Ethiopia 934 km, Kenya 232 km, Sudan 2,184 km, Uganda 435 km
Land boundaries > Total 9,861 km
Ranked 8th. 82% more than South Sudan
5,413 km
Ranked 27th.

Location Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay East-Central Africa; south of Sudan, north of Uganda and Kenya, west of Ethiopia
Map references South America Africa
Natural resources fertile plains of the pampas, lead, zinc, tin, copper, iron ore, manganese, petroleum, uranium hydropower, fertile agricultural land, gold, diamonds, petroleum, hardwoods, limestone, iron ore, copper, chromium ore, zinc, tungsten, mica, silver
Terrain rich plains of the Pampas in northern half, flat to rolling plateau of Patagonia in south, rugged Andes along western border the terrain gradually rises from plains in the north and center to southern highlands along the border with Uganda and Kenya; the White Nile, flowing north out of the uplands of Central Africa, is the major geographic feature of the country supporting agriculture and extensive wild animal populations; The Sudd (a name derived from floating vegetation that hinders navigation) is a large swampy area of more than 100,000 sq km fed by the waters of the White Nile that dominates the center of the country
Capital Buenos Aires Juba
Marine Coastline 4,989 km
Ranked 26th.
0.0
Ranked 198th.
Border to area ratio 0.00348 km/km²
Ranked 138th.
0.00745 km/km²
Ranked 104th. 2 times more than Argentina
Highest point elevation None
None
Highest town El Aguilar Torit
Lowest point altitude \u2212105 m (\u2212344 ft) 400 m (1,312 ft)
Lowest point Laguna del Carb\u00f3n White Nile
Continent or sub continent South America Africa

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