IQNeOFTHEQUEBRACHO 

 SANTIAGUENO 



Mountainous 

 ****** Jim Us of He Prairie 

 Scale. 



PATAGONIAN PLATEAU 



MAP I. ARGENTINA. THE NATURAL REGIONS. 



The map shows the distribution of the natural regions the dry Andes in the north-west, with 

 irrigated cultivation ; the monte, or brush, which is still used for extensive breeding ; and 

 the Pampa, with its great areas of cereals and lucerne. The line marking the frontier of 1875 

 shows the speed at which colonization has developed in the western half of the plain of the 

 Pampas. The onh/ regions not given on the map are the plateau of Misiones, with its tropical 

 forests, and the wet Andes of Patagonia. 



To face p. 28. 



