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appear near Buenos Aires. This section of Argentina has the most extensive network of roads and railroads in South America. The Monte is an arid region in the shadow of the Andes. Its vegetation varies from short grasses in the east to cacti in the west. Scattered throughout the great desert stretches are small but highly productive oases such as Jujuy,

Iguazú Falls, located at the point where Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay meet, is breathtakingly beautiful. The falls (there are about 275 different cataracts) stretch for more than 2 miles (3.2 km), and some 176,570 cubic feet of water passes over the edge every second, dropping more than 260 feet (80 meters).