Abstract
Chile is unique for its very long (4,270 kilometers [2,650 miles]) and comparatively narrow (maximum width approximately 400 kilometers [250 miles]) shape and for its great variety of natural features. It extends from latitudes 18° to 56° south and contains one of the driest regions in the world and one of the wettest areas in South America. It is bound on the north by Peru, on the northeast by Bolivia, on its long eastern border (5,150 kilometer [3,200 miles]) by Argentina, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.
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Anuario Estadistico. Instituto Nacional de Estadistica. Santiago, 1988.
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Brawer, M. (1991). Chile. In: Atlas of South America. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12579-1_16
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