Gran Chaco

American  

[grahn chah-kaw] / grɑn ˈtʃɑ kɔ /

noun

1. an extensive subtropical region in central South America, in Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay. 300,000 sq. mi. (777,000 sq. km).

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Gran Chaco British  

/ ɡran ˈtʃako /

noun

1. Often shortened to: Chaco.  a plain of S central South America, between the Andes and the Paraguay River in SE Bolivia, E Paraguay, and N Argentina: huge swamps and scrub forest Area: about 780 000 sq km (300 000 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

Wildfires in the Paraguayan Gran Chaco forest have been so extensive that last weekend’s newspapers ran front-page stories with such headlines as “Paraguay burns”, “In between flames” and “Help! Somebody help us”.

From The Guardian • Oct. 9, 2020

The Guardian visited the Gran Chaco and saw bulldozers at work.

From The Guardian • Oct. 5, 2019

But difficulties reaching vector control targets remain in the Amazon basin and Gran Chaco regions of South America and in the border area between Guatemala and El Salvador, the report says.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2017

One Presidium is in the lowlands of the Gran Chaco, a bioregion encompassing parts of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay.

From Nature • Apr. 25, 2017

The sun has gone down over the Gran Chaco, and its vast grassy plains and green palm-groves are again under the purple of twilight.

From Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco by Tilney, F.C.