A flat, fertile lowland grassland covering much of central Argentina, Uruguay and southernmost Brazil, characterized by deep, nutrient-rich soils and few natural trees across its vast, gently rolling plain. The pampas is South America's regional counterpart to North America's prairie and Eurasia's steppe.
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The Pampas (; from Quechua pampa 'plain'), also known as the Pampas Plains, are fertile low grasslands in southern South America that cover more than 1,200,000 km2 (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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