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pampas - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about pampas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) |
 | | Flat treeless plains in central Argentina, lying between the foothills of the Andes and the Atlantic coast, and stretching north from the Río Colorado to the Gran Chaco; area 750,000 sq km/290,000 sq mi; it incorporates the provinces of Buenos Aires, La Pampa, Santa Fé, and Cordobá. |
 | | The eastern pampas consist of grasslands which support large cattle ranches and produce flax and over half the nation's output of grain; the western pampas are arid, unproductive, and sparsely populated. |
 | | The province of La Pampa is in the west part of the pampas plains. |
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