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Location:
Mendoza, Mendoza Province
Climate:
Continental Climate; hot summers and cold winters
Semi-arid desert conditions
Experiences all 4 seasons with no extremes in temperatures
Annual rainfall rarely exceeds 10 inches
Average 320 days of sunshine a year
Natural Hazards:
Andes Mountains subject to earthquakes
Violent windstorms that can strike the pampas and northeast
Active volcanos in the Andes Mountains
Natural Resources:
convention oil
potassium
gypsum
silicon
gold
iron
quartz
barite
manganese
zinc
bentonite
aggregates
different types of rocks and talc