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Folguera, Andrés; Encinas, Alfonso; Echaurren, Andrés; Gianni, Guido; Orts, Darío; Valencia, Víctor; Carrasco, Gabriel (2018). "Constraints on the Neogene growth of the central Patagonian Andes at the latitude of the Chile triple junction (45–47°S) using U/Pb geochronology insynorogenic strata".
154:(32°53' S), the driest parts of the diagonal move away from the Andes as the mountains lose height, causing some humidity to penetrate; thus, at more southern latitudes the driest parts of the diagonal lie on the 268:
Abraham, Elena María; Rodríguez, María Daniela; Rubio, María Clara; Guida-Johnson, Bárbara; Gomez, Laura; Rubio, Cecilia (2020-01-08). "Disentangling the concept of "South American Arid Diagonal"".
165:. The origin of the aridity of northern part of the diagonal is linked to two geologic events: a) the rise of the Andes — an event that led to the permanent block of both the 169:
of moisture along the tropics, and the eastward flow of moisture in Patagonia and b) the permanent intrusion of cold Antarctic waters (the
114:. However, few works dealing with the Arid Diagonal mention this foundational text. The original Arid Diagonal of de Martonne went from 246:; Hinojosa, Luis Felipe (2005). "Esquema biogeográfico de Chile". In Llorente Bousquests, Jorge; Morrone, Juan J. (eds.). 402: 219: 407: 397: 316:
Armesto, Juan J.; Arrollo, Mary T.K.; Hinojosa, Luis F. (2007). "The Mediterranean Environment of Central Chile". In
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in the Southern Andes, the diagonal controls the distribution of the vegetation types over Chile and Argentina.
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for South America. The arid diagonal can be seen in the form of the almost contiguous zone of
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that the Southern Andes casts over eastern Patagonia similarly blocks moisture. South of
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Bruniard, Enrique D. (1982). "La diagonal árida Argentina: un límite climático real".
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The concept of a South American Arid Diagonal was first coined by French geographer
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The northern portion of the Arid Diagonal is a result of the blocking of the
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temperate and subtropical forests of Chile and southern Argentina
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Regionalización Biogeográfica en Iberoámeríca y tópicos afines
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from other forests of South America. Together with the
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in northern Chile to the northern coast of Argentine
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climate running from Ecuador to Southern Patagonia.
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Index

arid and semi-arid climate
South America
Peru
Patagonia
Bolivia
Chile
Sechura
Atacama
Monte
Patagonian Desert

Köppens climate classification
BWh
BWk
temperate and subtropical forests of Chile and southern Argentina
Quaternary glaciations
Andes
Argentina
Emmanuel de Martonne
Antofagasta
Patagonia
trade winds
Central Andes
South Pacific High
westerlies
rain shadow
Mendoza
Atlantic
Neogene
westward flow

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