In the Patagonia south of Chile and Argentina, many people produce lamb and venison.

In the Patagonia south of Chile and Argentina, many people produce lamb and venison.

Another traditional form to mainly roast the meat, used in Patagonia, is with the whole animal ( especially lamb and pork ) in a wood stick nailed in the ground and exposed to the heat of live coals, called.

There are also a substantial number of Welsh speakers in the Patagonia area of Argentina.

Cacti are native to the Americas, ranging from Patagonia in the south to parts of western Canada in the north — except for Rhipsalis baccifera, which also grows in Africa and Sri Lanka.

The world's richest concentration of orchid varieties is found in the tropics, mostly Asia, South America and Central America, but they are also found above the Arctic Circle, in southern Patagonia, and two species of Nematoceras on Macquarie Island at 54 degrees South.

Extensive drumlin fields are found in Patagonia, for example near Punta Arenas Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Airport and on Navarino and Gable Island in the Beagle Channel.

In Argentina, all the lakes are placed in the Patagonia ( Carlevari and Carlevari, 2007 ).

In the northern Patagonia region, the major rivers are the Colorado and Negro Rivers, both of which rise in the Andes and flow to the Atlantic Ocean.

The fossil genera Eociconia ( middle Eocene of China ) and Ciconiopsis ( Deseado Early Oligocene of Patagonia, Argentina ) are often tentatively placed with this family.

Other outdoor sightseeing and recreational opportunities that are nearby include the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, the Coronado National Memorial in the Huachuca Mountains, Cochise Stronghold in the Dragoon Mountains, Chiricahua National Monument, Madera Canyon, Kartchner Caverns State Park, Parker Canyon Lake, and Patagonia Lake State Park.

Several state parks and recreation areas are located close to Nogales, including Patagonia State Park, Pena Blanca Lake, Parker Canyon Lake, and Coronado National Forest.

For example, the southern circumpolar star Acrux is invisible from most of the Continental United States, likewise, the seven stars of the northern circumpolar Big Dipper asterism are invisible from most of the Patagonia region of South America.

They are found in Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Argentina and Chile ( principally Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego ).

The bottom lands of the Colorado in its course across Patagonia are fertile and wooded, but their area is too limited to support more than a small, scattered population.

Scones are quite popular in Argentina ( brought by Irish, English and Scottish immigrants and from Welsh immigrants in Patagonia ; Britons are the third foreign community in Argentina ).

The location of courses which offer such training for students are in India, Mexico, New Zealand, Patagonia, Rocky Mountains, and Southwest.

They are found in the Andes region south to Patagonia and inhabit a variety of habitats.

In South America, they are patchy in the northwest and through the Andes, but widely distributed from southern Brazil to Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego.

Croatian and other Slavic languages are also spoken in the southernmost areas of Chilean Patagonia.

The tumultuous breeding habits of southern right whales are shown off the shores of Patagonia.

* Patagonia is rain shadowed from the prevailing westerly winds by the Andes range and is arid ( e. g., in Santa Cruz few spots are capable of cultivation, the pastures being poor, water insufficient and salt lagoons fairly numerous ).

They are most famously used by the South American gauchos, but have been found in excavations of Pre-Columbian settlements, especially in Patagonia, where indigenous peoples used them to catch 200 pound guanaco ( llama-like mammals ) and ñandú ( birds ).

To the east lie the drier temperate grasslands and shrublands ecoregions of Patagonia, which are in the rain shadow of the Andean and Fuegian mountains.

Guanacos are often found at high altitudes, up to 13, 000 feet above sea level, except in Patagonia, where these altitudes corresponds to glacial horns and glaciers.

This milder version of steppe and desert climates are found in Washington and Oregon to the east of the Cascade Range in the United States, Patagonia in southern Argentina, the Atacama Desert in northern Chile and coastal areas in the southeastern portion of Western Australia.

Its edible blue-black berries are harvested for jams, but are eaten fresh too-a legend tells that anyone who eats a Calafate berry will be certain to return to Patagonia.

In fall, they take a more easterly route, flying mostly over the western Atlantic and Caribbean Sea to the wintering grounds in Patagonia.

In Argentina, Península Valdés in Patagonia hosts ( in winter ) the largest breeding population of Southern Right Whales, with more than 2, 000 catalogued by the Whale Conservation Institute and Ocean Alliance.

* Argentina – The Petrified Forest National Monument in Santa Cruz Province in the Argentine Patagonia has many trees that measure more than 3 m ( 10 ft ) in diameter and 30 m ( 100 ft ) long.

A more successful attempt at setting up a Gwladfa ( Welsh-speaking colony ) occurred two centuries later, in the Chubut Province of Patagonia, Argentina.

) These men had excavated the pit and thrown the soil in, so that when raised to the tide the pit is filled of water, and thus more insurances felt, because according to it was said, the Indians of the Patagonia never crossed the water to attack ".

The city has a population of more than 265, 000, making it the largest city in Patagonia.

Since the city is located in the limit between Pampas and Patagonia, it is warm and more humid to the north and rapidly becomes drier to the south.

A new mall in the city centre has helped tourism significantly, making Puerto Madryn a more attractive place for both international and domestic tourists visiting Patagonia.

Hence, while less glaciated than Patagonia, it has more permanent snow ( on the wet, Chilean side ) than peaks of similar elevation to the north.

The snags of some large conifers, such as Coast Redwood on the Pacific Coast of North America and Alerce in Patagonia, can remain intact for 100 years or more, becoming progressively shorter with age, while other snags with rapidly decaying wood, such as aspen and birch, break up and collapse in 2 – 10 years.

Thanks to the " selective immigration law " enacted in 1845, more than 6, 000 families ( between 30, 000 and 40, 000 Germans ) settled in the area of Valdivia, Osorno and Llanquihue in the towns of Frutillar, Puerto Octay, Puerto Varas, Faja Maisan and Puerto Montt all areas known as Northern Patagonia, in the south of the country.

The environmental impact caused by oil sand extraction is frequently criticized by environmental groups such as Greenpeace, Climate Reality Project, 350. org, MoveOn, League of Conservation Voters, Patagonia, Sierra Club, and Energy Action Coalition.

With each successive glaciation it is known that the ice has stopped further and further to the west, with aridity always serving as the decisive factor halting glacier spread: it is believed that the east-west precipitation gradients during glacial periods were even steeper than the extremely steep ones of present-day Patagonia.

Internationally Welsh people have emigrated, in relatively small numbers ( in proportion to population Irish emigration to the United States of America ( USA ) may have been 26 times greater than Welsh emigration ), to many countries, including the USA ( in particular, Pennsylvania ), Canada and Y Wladfa in Patagonia, Argentina.