Pampas

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The Pampas is a vast fertile lowland plain in South America, primarily in Argentina, known for its grasslands, agriculture, and cattle ranching.


Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf grassland
natural region
plain
biome temperate grassland
borderedBy Andes
Atlantic Ocean
Gran Chaco
Patagonia
characterizedBy fertile soils
flat terrain
grasslands
temperate climate
climateType humid subtropical climate
temperate oceanic climate
contains Buenos Aires Province
Córdoba Province
Entre Ríos Province
La Pampa Province
Santa Fe Province
continent South America
country Argentina
Brazil
Uruguay
ecoregion Dry Pampas
Humid Pampas
Uruguayan savanna
knownFor beef production
gaucho culture
large estancias
languageOrigin Quechua
locatedIn Southern Cone
majorCrop maize
soybeans
wheat
majorEconomicActivity grain production
livestock production
nameMeaning plains
partOf Argentina
Brazil
Uruguay
threatenedBy agricultural expansion
habitat fragmentation
overgrazing
typicalAnimal maned wolf
pampas deer
rhea
usedFor agriculture
cattle ranching
sheep ranching
vegetationType prairie grasses

Referenced by (17)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Pampas ("Uruguayan savanna")
Pampas ("Humid Pampas")
Pampas ("Dry Pampas")
ecoregion
Buenos Aires Province
Buenos Aires Province ("Humid Pampas")
locatedInRegion
Buenos Aires Province ("Argentine Pampas")
Córdoba Province ("Pampas region")
partOf
Apure River ("Los Llanos")
Córdoba, Argentina ("Pampas region")
region
Southern Cone
borderedBy
Patagonia
borders
America
contains
Americas
containsSubregion
Argentina
hasRegion
Rosario ("Pampa region")
isPartOf
Buenos Aires
locatedOn
Pampa, Texas ("Pampas (South American grasslands)")
namedAfter

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