Patagonia is a region that covers the southern end of South America. It spreads across the lands of Chile and Argentina. The region is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the east and the Pacific Ocean in the west. Patagonia covers about a million square kilometers in total. While Patagonia is mostly made up of grassland on its east side, it also includes the southern range of the Andes Mountains with lakes, fjords, glaciers, and rainforests in the west.
巴塔哥尼亞是個涵蓋南美洲南端的地區。它遍布智利和阿根廷的土地。該地區東臨大西洋，西臨太平洋。巴塔哥尼亞總面積約一百萬平方公里。儘管巴塔哥尼亞東部主要由草原組成，它的西部也包含安地斯山脈的南段，有湖泊、峽灣、冰川和雨林。
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本文節錄自《常春藤生活英語》雜誌，完整內容請見十一月號。
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