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little elevation called blades. However, they are rather an ecotone that

oscillates between meadows of temperate climate and subtropical forests.
The most important are those belonging to the blade of Haedo and the

blade Grande. Its highest point is the Cathedral hill, with 514 msnm.

The climate in Uruguay is temperate and humid (average 17 ° C), with

warm summers and more or less homogeneous precipitations throughout
the year. In Uruguay, where both maritime and continental influences are

noted, the rainfall distribution has a double rainy season, and is distrib-

uted between spring-summer and autumn, with a peak in autumn and
a secondary maximum in spring. 75% of the territory is doughy ground.

Forests are scarce (25% of the territory). Because of its latitude, between
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30ºS and 35ºS, the four seasons are clearly differentiated by temperature.

The Uruguayan telephone system has been 100% digital since 1997,
thanks to efforts to improve the telecommunications company ANTEL.

Uruguay was the first country in all of America to possess this status.

Uruguay is the first Latin American country with a commercial operation

in LTE technology, 4G Long Term Evolution mobile telephony, fourth

generation technology, which allows large capacity of wireless broadband
transmission.

Uruguay has tourist destinations such as Punta del Este, Montevideo,

Colonia del Sacramento, Salto, Lavalleja and Rocha among others. Punta

del Este is the most visited with respect to the other spa.
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