If the region of Patagonia is on the leeward (rain shadow) side of the Andes mountains, the winds must be blowing from the _____, and Patagonia would be located in _____ .

A. east; Paraguay
B. east; Chile
C. west; Argentina
D. west; Chile


C. west; Argentina

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