Chaco

[chah-kaw]

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noun

a part of the Gran Chaco region in central South America, in Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina. About 100,000 sq. mi. (259,000 sq. km).
Gran Chaco.

Chaco

/ ˈtʃako /

noun

See Gran Chaco

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It's part of the Chaco bioregion, which is a forest type that only exists in remnant plots.

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We're down to 2 or 3% left of the total cover that the Chaco would have had historically.

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In the 1932-35 Chaco War between Bolivia and Paraguay, parcels of coca leaves were airdropped to Bolivian soldiers.

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That increase in production could contribute to environmental problems elsewhere, like deforestation in Argentina's Chaco region.

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She slings a huge bunch of the fruit on her back and begins the walk home from her chaco - the patch of land where she grows cassava, corn, plantains and rice.