Sierra del Aconquija

…province is occupied by the Sierra del Aconquija, which consists of northeast-southwest–trending outlying ridges of the Andes Mountains with elevations of 8,000 to 18,000 feet (2,400 to 5,500 metres). The eastern part of the province, by contrast, is flat, alluvial, and agriculturally fertile. Tucumán owes its prosperity to the Sierra…