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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
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.
Natural region Area Established Alberto de Agostini: Zona Austral: 14,600 km 2 (5,637 sq mi) 2000 Alerce Andino: Zona Sur: 393 km 2 (152 sq mi) 1982 Alerce Costero: Zona Sur: 139 km 2 (54 sq mi) 2012 Archipiélago de Juan Fernández: None: 96 km 2 (37 sq mi) 1935 Bernardo O'Higgins: Zona Austral: 35,259 km 2 (13,614 sq mi) 1969 Bosque de Fray ...
This list contains: Name of the stream, in Spanish; Coordinates are the latitude and longitude of the feature in ± decimal degrees, at the mouth of the stream; Link to a map including the Geonameid (a number which uniquely identifies a Geoname feature)
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