Chaco
Americannoun
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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).
noun
Example Sentences
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It's part of the Chaco bioregion, which is a forest type that only exists in remnant plots.
From Salon
We're down to 2 or 3% left of the total cover that the Chaco would have had historically.
From Salon
That increase in production could contribute to environmental problems elsewhere, like deforestation in Argentina's Chaco region.
From Salon
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.
From BBC
A crucial global project is Slow Food’s Ark of Taste, a living collection of small-scale, culturally significant, often-endangered foods that documents regional produce, grains, livestock, wild plants, insects and even sweeteners and seasonings, such as Chaco stingless bee honey from Bolivia and Malaysia’s Rimbàs black pepper.
From Salon
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