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Environmental issues in Chile include deforestation, water scarcity, pollution, soil erosion, climate change, and biodiversity loss, especially in its industry-heavy "sacrifice zones". [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The country of Chile is a virtual continental island that spans over (2,600 miles) 4,200 kilometers.
The following is a list of ecoregions in Chile as identified by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). Terrestrial ecoregions
Natural monuments of Chile Name Photo Natural region Area Established Cerro Ñielol: Zona Sur: 0.89 km 2 (0 sq mi) 1988 Cueva del Milodón: Zona Austral: 1993 El Morado: Zona Central: 30.09 km 2 (12 sq mi) La Portada: Norte Grande: 0.3127 km 2 (0 sq mi) 1990 Los Pingüinos: Zona Austral: 0.97 km 2 (0 sq mi) 1966
Sewell Mining Town is an example of a company mining town constructed at a remote locality by the fusion of local communities and international resources from industrialized nations. It was constructed in 1905 by the US mining Braden Copper Company to house the workers of El Teniente, the world's largest underground copper mine. The town is ...
Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) (NT) is the national bird of Chile. The wildlife of Chile is very diverse because of the country's slender and elongated shape, which spans a wide range of latitude, and altitude, ranging from the windswept coastline of the Pacific coast on the west to northern Andes to the sub-Antarctic, high Andes mountains in the east.
The Grey Glacier of Chile's Torres del Paine National Park is located in the Zona Austral natural region.. Because Chile extends from a point about 625 kilometers north of the Tropic of Capricorn to a point hardly more than 1,400 kilometers north of the Antarctic Circle, within its territory can be found a broad selection of the Earth's climates.
Today, Chile stands as the fifth largest exporter of wine globally and the seventh largest producer. [6] The climate in Chile has been described as a fusion of the climates in California and France. The most commonly grown grape variety in the country are Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Carmenère.
Chile has considerable geothermal, solar and wind energy resources while fossil fuel resources are limited. [2] Chile has been described as "a world leader in renewable energy development." [ 3 ] In 2016 Non Conventional Renewable Energy provided 7,794 GWh, or 11.4% of the country's total electricity generation. [ 4 ]