Gran Chaco

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The Gran Chaco is a vast, sparsely populated lowland plain in central South America, known for its hot, semi-arid climate and dry forests spanning parts of Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, and Brazil.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
plain
approximateArea 1000000 square kilometers
borderedBy Andes
Pantanal
Paraguay River
Paraná River
continent South America
countryPortion northern Argentina
southeastern Bolivia
southwestern Brazil
linked to: Brazilian Midwest

western Paraguay
dominantVegetation seasonally dry forest
thorny shrubs
xerophytic woodland
hasBiome subtropical dry forest
tropical dry forest
hasClimate hot
semi-arid
hasEcosystemType dry forest
savanna
thorn scrub
hasProtectedArea Defensores del Chaco National Park
El Impenetrable National Park
Kaa-Iya del Gran Chaco National Park
indigenousGroup Ayoreo
Nivaclé
Qom
Wichí
inhabitedBy indigenous peoples
isLowlandPlain true
isSparselyPopulated true
knownFor cattle ranching
deforestation
high temperatures
seasonal rainfall
languageFamilyRegion Mataco–Guaicuru languages
locatedIn Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Paraguay
majorRiver Bermejo River
Paraguay River
Pilcomayo River
partOf South American lowlands
subregion Chaco Húmedo
linked to: Chaco

Chaco Seco
linked to: Chaco
threat agricultural expansion
cattle grazing
soy cultivation

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Pampas borderedBy Gran Chaco
Guaraní region Gran Chaco
Guaraní hasCulturalSignificanceIn eastern Bolivia
linked to: Gran Chaco
Arawakan languages region Gran Chaco
Southern Cone borderedBy Gran Chaco
Northern Argentina hasEcoregion Gran Chaco
subject linked to: northern Argentina
Northwestern Argentina bordersRegion Gran Chaco
subject linked to: northwestern Argentina
Guarani peoples region Gran Chaco
German Brazilians culturalRegion West of Paraná
linked to: Gran Chaco
America contains Gran Chaco
Pilcomayo River flowsThrough Gran Chaco
Pilcomayo River crossesEcoregion Humid Chaco
linked to: Gran Chaco
Pilcomayo River hasFloodplain Gran Chaco floodplain
linked to: Gran Chaco
Puerto Casado partOf Chaco region of Paraguay
linked to: Gran Chaco
Puerto Casado locatedInGeographicalArea Paraguayan Chaco
linked to: Gran Chaco
Ava Guaraní region Gran Chaco region
linked to: Gran Chaco
Puerto Bermejo partOf Gran Chaco region
linked to: Gran Chaco
Formosa partOf Gran Chaco region
linked to: Gran Chaco
Bahía Negra partOf Gran Chaco
Chaco Province locatedInRegion Gran Chaco
Chaco Province historicalRegion Gran Chaco region of South America
linked to: Gran Chaco
Jujuy Province partOf Gran Chaco region
linked to: Gran Chaco
Bermejo River locatedIn Gran Chaco
Bermejo River locatedIn Chaco region of South America
linked to: Gran Chaco
Catagonus wagneri nativeTo Gran Chaco
Catagonus wagneri nativeTo Gran Chaco
subject linked to: Catagonus
Chacoan peccary nativeTo Gran Chaco
Tarija Department partOfRegion Bolivian Chaco
linked to: Gran Chaco
Luque, Paraguay locatedInRegion Paraguayan Oriental Region
linked to: Gran Chaco
Ñandeva Guarani cultureArea Gran Chaco region
linked to: Gran Chaco
Chaco War location Gran Chaco
Chaco partOf Gran Chaco
Chaco hasSubregion Argentine Chaco
linked to: Gran Chaco
Chaco hasSubregion Paraguayan Chaco
linked to: Gran Chaco
Chaco hasSubregion Bolivian Chaco
linked to: Gran Chaco
Mesopotamia–Litoral region (broad sense) borderedBy Gran Chaco region
linked to: Gran Chaco
National Route 11 (Argentina) connectsRegion Gran Chaco region
linked to: Gran Chaco
Robles Department geographicalRegion Gran Chaco region
linked to: Gran Chaco
Salado del Norte River locatedIn Gran Chaco ecoregion
linked to: Gran Chaco
Dulce River region Gran Chaco region
linked to: Gran Chaco
Dolichotis salinicola nativeTo Gran Chaco
subject linked to: Dolichotis
Payaguá people historicalRegion Gran Chaco