patagonia

The Patagonia

by: justina vollmer cwierz

structure

1. Introduction

3. Location

5. economy

6. history

7. culture

8. sources

Pic. 2: Monte Fitz Roy, Patagonia

2. facts & figures

4.animals & plants

Where does the name come from?

01. Introduction

Pic. 3: Patagonian Desert, Patagonia

• Chile and Argentina
  
• Rainforests, deserts, mountains, etc.
• 2 million people
• Spanish, Welsh, English, and Mapudungun
• Highway “R-N 40”

Pic. 5: Map from Patagonia

Pic. 6: Mount Fitz Roy

02. location

Pic. 3: Patagonian Desert, Patagonia

Pic.8: Bariloche

• South America (Argentina and Chile)
• Mountains, lakes, forests, beaches
• 260,000 square meters
  
• Few habitats
• An incredible variety of flora and fauna

03. Facts figures

Pic. 3: Patagonian Desert, Patagonia

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Pic. 7: Perito Moreno Glacier

Huge and ancient history

Torres del Paine

The southernmost settlement in the world

Almost no people

People from all over the world

Pic. 8: Torres del Paine

southern patagonia from above

04. animals plants

Pic. 3: Patagonian Desert, Patagonia

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Pic. 10: Coast from Mount Fitz Roy

Animals

guana-cos

01

• Camelid
• Energetic
• 1,500 in national parks
• Very protective

pudu

02

• The smallest deer in the world
• Family groups
• Haunted illegally

mara

03

• Confused with rabbits
• Family groups
• Interesting parenting

Geoff-roy's

04

• Named after a French naturalist
• Little, slim and domestic

• Silvery-gray or all black.

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plants

The Chilean Firetree

01

• Small evergreen tree
• 15m tall
• Dark red flowers

chinese lantern

02

• Similar-looking to a mistletoe

• Changes colors
• Grows on Southern Beech trees

Purple-spored Puff-ball

03

• Purple
• Meat-wise and thick texture
• Edible, but only when young

Cush-ion Plant

04

• Herb
• Yellow flowers and thick shrubs.

• Developed in various environments

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05. economy

Pic. 3: Patagonian Desert, Patagonia

Pic. 19: Cerro Torre

5.1 Livestock

• Sheep farming
  
• 19th century
• Merino and Corriedale sheep
• Pigs and horses in little amount

Pic. 20: collage of livestock-related pictures

5.2 tourism

• Second half of the 20th century
• Backpacking destination
• Traditional crafts
• Buyers from other countries
• Famous landowners
• Controversial from Mapuche communities

Pic. 21: collage of tourism-related pictures from Patagonian attractions

5.3 energy

• Hydroelectricity
  
• Oil and gas production
• Helpul for the growth of cities
• Wind power, the main source
• Mines to obtain coal

Pic. 22: collage of different methods for the obtention of energy

06. history

Pic. 3: Patagonian Desert, Patagonia

Pic. 23: Cerro Piltriquitron

1. Tehuelche Indians

3. Independence

• Wool (White Gold)
• A fight between Aborigines and settlers

• The desert campaigns of the 1870s
  

• Regions mineral wealth
• Immigrants from Chile
• Largest proportion of population

07. culture

Pic. 3: Patagonian Desert, Patagonia

Pic. 26: El Chalten

1. Mate

• Breakfast and afternoon tea
  
• Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay
• 70% yerba and 30% water.

• Yerba, water, juice, and ice.

3. Gauchos

• The typical horsemen of Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay
• Rearing livestock
• Leather boots, berets, neck scarves, and ponchos with geometric designs
• Tough but very friendly

• Fishermen from Chiloé
• Riding skills and the adaption of rural customs

5. Festivals

08. sources

thank you for your attention!