Pampas

(pam'pas.) (Geog.) The name given to vast | plains in the S. American continent, principally met with in the S. parts of the Argentine Provinces, where they extend from the E. foothills of the Andes to the Rio de la Plata, and thence S. as far as Patagonia. They correspond with what are called in N. America prairies, and in the N. parts of S. America llanos. They are covered with herbage, and form the habitat of vast herds of wild cattle and droves of horses. [s. 680]