The Pampas

  In quechua, the language of the Incas, the word 
  “pampa” means open or empty space between
  mountains.
  Spanish conquistadores (conquerors), used the word
  pampas to name the vast extension of flat grassland 
  around Buenos Aires.
  The name is widely known and refers to this vast 
  region, of some half million sq km. Mostly a sea of
  grasses, but also marshland, swamps, and forests
  patches, the different habitats are as follows

•   Riverside Forest

•   Cultivated and native forests.

•   Marshland

•   Grassland

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