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Write briefly about the vegetation in the pampas region |
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Answer» Answer: The dominant vegetation types are grassy prairie and grass steppe in which numerous species of the grass genus Stipa are particularly conspicuous. Pampas grass" is an iconic species of the Pampas. Vegetation typically includes perennial grasses and herbs. Different strata of grasses occur because of gradients of water availability. The World Wildlife Fund divides the Pampas into three distinct ecoregions. The Uruguayan Savanna lies east of the Parana River, and includes all of Uruguay, most of Entre Ríos and Corrientes provinces in ARGENTINA, and the southern portion of Brazil's state of Rio Grande do Sul. The HUMID Pampas include eastern Buenos AIRES Province, and southern Entre Ríos Province. The Semiarid Pampas includes western Buenos Aires Province and adjacent PORTIONS of Santa Fe, Córdoba, and La Pampa provinces. The Pampas are bounded by the drier Argentine espinal GRASSLANDS, which form a semicircle around the north, west, and south of the Humid Pampas. |
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