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Uruguay GEOGRAPHY
Size: 176,220 square kilometers.
Topography: Country consists mostly (75 percent)
of
gently rolling plateau, interrupted at two points by low
hilly
ridges (cuchillas). Remainder fertile coastal
lowlands,
including narrow coastal plain--sandy and marshy,
occasionally
broken by lagoons--and somewhat broader littorals of Río
de la
Plata and Río Uruguay.
Climate: Country situated in temperate zone
(only Latin
American country lying wholly outside tropics). Climate
mild and
fairly uniform nationwide, although northwestern area
farther
inland has warmer summers and drier winters than rest of
country.
Seasonal variations pronounced, but freezing temperatures
almost
unknown. High humidity, high winds, and fog common. Winter
warm
spells can be abruptly broken by a strong pampero,
a
chilly and occasionally violent wind from Argentine
pampas.
Data as of December 1990
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