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The Argentine Basin is a region of the Atlantic Ocean floor off the east coast of Argentina, between the Mid-Atlantic Ridge to the east and the Scotia Basin to the west. To the north is the Brazil Basin, with the two basins being separated by the Rio Grande Rise. The southern edge of the Argentine Basin is formed by the Falklands/Malvinas ...
The Colorado Basin (Spanish: Cuenca del Colorado) is a sedimentary basin located in northeastern Patagonia.The basin stretches across an area of approximately 180,000 square kilometres (69,000 sq mi), of which 37,000 square kilometres (14,000 sq mi) onshore in the southern Buenos Aires Province and the easternmost Río Negro Province extending offshore in the South Atlantic Ocean.
Salta Basin or Salta Rift Basin is a sedimentary basin located in the Argentine Northwest. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The basin started to accumulate sediments in the Early Cretaceous ( Neocomian ) and at present it has sedimentary deposits reaching thicknesses of 5,000 metres (16,000 ft).
The Neuquén Basin is an important oil and gas producing basin in Argentina. Production started in 1918 and accumulated to 928 thousand cubic metres (5.84 million barrels) of oil equivalent in 2004, representing 45% of the oil production in Argentina and 61% of its gas production. [40]
The Rio Blanco Basin and Paganzo Basin in western Argentina include sedimentary sequences that from bottom to top include marine sediments, an erosional surface with conglomerate, fluvial and shallow marine deposits, shale and diamictite, as well as shallow marine and glacial outwash deposits.
A map of Argentina's river drainage basins. This list is arranged by drainage basin , with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Rivers in the table above are in bold.
The Argentine Abyssal Plain forms part of the Argentine Basin off the east coast of Argentina. It comprises the deepest sections of the basin on the western and south-western margins, reaching a depth of 6,212m (20,381 feet).
The Golfo San Jorge Basin (Spanish: Cuenca del Golfo San Jorge) is a hydrocarbon-rich sedimentary basin located in eastern Patagonia, Argentina. The basin covers the entire San Jorge Gulf and an inland area west of it, having one half located in Santa Cruz Province and the other in Chubut Province .