Borders & Location
- Capital: Santiago.
- Geography: A narrow, ribbon-like country in South America.
- Land Borders:
- East: Argentina (Longest border).
- Maritime Border: Entire Western coastline faces the Pacific Ocean.
2. Physical Features: The Landscape
- Tri-Zonal Relief: Divided into three parallel north-south units:
- Central Valley (Intermediate depression).
- Atacama Desert: The driest non-polar desert in the world; located in Northern Chile.
- Highest Peak: Ojos del Salado (World’s highest active volcano).
- Longest River: Loa River.
3. Strategic Resources: The Lithium Triangle
- Mineral Wealth: World’s largest producer of Copper.
- Lithium Triangle: Chile forms this strategic region along with Argentina and Bolivia (holds >50% of global lithium reserves).
Q. With respect to the geographical location of the Republic of Chile, consider the following statements:
1. It shares its northern land borders with Peru and Bolivia.
2. It shares its longest land border with Argentina to the East.
3. Its entire western coastline faces the Atlantic Ocean.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Answer: B
Explanation:
Statement 1 is Correct: The text states the neighboring countries to the North are Peru and Bolivia.
Statement 2 is Correct: The text states that Argentina lies to the East and shares the longest border.
Statement 3 is Incorrect: The text explicitly mentions that the country is bordered by the Pacific Ocean on the West, not the Atlantic.
