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The Pampas (from the Quechua: pampa, meaning "plain"), also known as the Pampas Plain, are fertile South American low grasslands that cover more than 1,200,000 square kilometres (460,000 sq mi) and include the Argentine provinces of Buenos Aires, La Pampa, Santa Fe, Entre Ríos, and Córdoba; all of Uruguay; and Brazil's southernmost state, Rio Grande do Sul.
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The Pampas includes all of Buenos Aires Province, eastern and southern Córdoba Province, eastern La Pampa Province, and southern Santa Fe Province. [88] It is subdivided into two parts: the humid Pampas to the east, and the dry/semi–arid Pampas to the west.
Pampas region: Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Santa Fe, La Pampa and Entre Ríos Argentine Northwest : Jujuy , Salta , Tucumán , Catamarca , Santiago del Estero and La Rioja Cuyo region : San Juan , Mendoza and San Luis
The Semi-arid Pampas cover an area of 327,000 square kilometers (126,000 sq mi), including western Buenos Aires Province, southern Cordoba and San Luis Provinces and most of La Pampa Province. The area is, in all, home to no more than a million people, who generally enjoy some of the nation's lowest poverty rates.
Köppen climate map of La Pampa. Being located in the Pampas, the province has a cool temperate climate. [8] In general, the province is dominated by two different types of climates: a temperate one in the east and a semi-arid one in the west. [9] Precipitation generally decreases from east to west and from north to south.
Pampa is named after the Pampas Lowlands in Argentina, Uruguay, and southern Brazil. Pampa hosts the Top o' Texas Rodeo each year in July, which brings competitors from Texas and the surrounding states to Gray County. The White Deer Land Company Museum, which showcases ranching exhibits, is located in downtown Pampa. [6]
Location of the region Cerro General Belgrano West side of Champaquí after a snowfall Trithrinax campestris forests near Papagayos. The Sierras Pampeanas (also called Central Sierras or Pampas Sierras) (English: Pampas Mountains) is a geographical region of Argentina.