Argentine Chaco - Argentine Chaco

Japanese: アルゼンチン領チャコ - あるぜんちんりょうちゃこ
Argentine Chaco - Argentine Chaco

…The Gran Chaco is a vast plain in the center of South America. It is an alluvial plain that reaches from the Paraguay River in the east to the foothills of the Andes in the west. It is divided into the Chaco Boreal, located north of the Pilcomayo River, and the Argentine Chaco, located south of the Pilcomayo River. The former is almost uninhabited, with most of it in Paraguay and part of the Andes foothills in Bolivia.

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Argentine Chaco" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…グラン・チャコGran Chacoともいい,南アメリカ大陸の中央部にある広大な平原。東はパラグアイ川,西はアンデス山麓に達する沖積平野で,ピルコマヨ川以北のチャコ・ボレアルと以南のアルゼンチン領チャコに大別される。前者はほとんど無人の地で,大部分がパラグアイ領,アンデス山麓の一部がボリビア領となっている。…

※「アルゼンチン領チャコ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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