Possibly, you’ve ever heard appoint the Pampa Argentina And, if you didn’t know, the term “pampa” comes from the Quechua language and means plain or plain. The truth is that the Argentine Pampas region is worldwide known for presenting favorable edaphic and climatic characteristics for agriculture and livestock. Frequently, when this ecoregion is mentioned, it is done from a productive perspective, since it is economically very important for Argentina and thanks to its lands it is produced by food that is exported to other countries.
However, in this ecology article, we will go beyond the productive approach and we will teach you everything you have to know about the characteristics of the Pampas region, its flora and faunaas well as what are the regions of the Pampas plain.
Characteristics of the Pampas region
We will start with a brief Description of the Argentine Pampa:
- In principle, the Bioma of the Pampas region It is classified as a mainly flat meadow and, in fact, it is the most extensive meadow in Argentina since its extension covers the provinces of Córdoba, Santa Fe, Entre Ríos, La Pampa and Buenos Aires.
- Being a meadow, the relief from the Pampas region It is mostly flat and has slight undulations to the east.
- Regarding the economic activity that is carried out in the Argentine Pampa, Agriculture and livestock They are the most important activities and even the main sources of income in the country. Therefore, you may ask yourself How is the soil in the Pampas regionwhich constitutes the support of such crucial activities. Being an extensive region, there are various types of soils, some with higher organic matter content, others with considerable clay content. However, most of them have in common a certain degree of degradation, product of the economic activities mentioned and, in the face of this, it is necessary to highlight that there are practically no relics of the Argentine Pampa that have not been altered by the anthropic activities.
- Regarding Climate of the Pampas regionwe can indicate that it is tempered and with well -marked stations: cold winters with warm frosts and summers, in which most of the rainfall manifests.
- Finally, as we mentioned at the beginning, the Pampas region has a wide extension, so that it is divided into several different regions or sub -regions. That is why to end this section, we will tell you How the Pampas region is divided.
Subregions of the Pampas plain
- Pampa undulating: It is located in the north of the Pampas region, from the center to the East. It is one of the most urbanized and industrialized subregions.
- PAMPA INTERIOR: It is distributed from the center to the west of the Pampas region. In the limits of it, the weather becomes semi -arid, which makes agriculture related activities difficult.
- Pampa flood or depressed: It is in the southeast over the province of Buenos Aires. It is characterized by being an extremely flat plain, limited by the extraordinary mountains of Tandilia and Ventania. The flooding of this subregion is frequent because there is no drainage pending.
- Mesopotamian pampa: It is located north and east of the Argentine Pampa. This subregion stands out mainly for forest activity.
- Southern Pampa: It develops to the south west of the region. It is a subregion with great industrial and livestock activity.
Apart from learning all this about the Pampas region, we advise you to also take a look at this other ecology article about the 18 ecoregions of Argentina. Now that you have discovered the Characteristics of the Argentine Pampawe will comment on its flora and fauna that are also part of the most important characteristics of this natural region.
Flora of the Pampas region
In the previous section we count that the Pampas region itself is an extensive meadow and, therefore, is composed of various plant communities dominated by species of Pastizales. Any of the species of Plants from the Pampas region More characteristics are:
- Flechillares (Stipa spp. Paspalum spp. Piptochaetium spp. and Aristida spp.).
- Colorado grass (Sorghastrum pellitum).
- Lenoso hay (Paspalum dilatatum).
- Treasurer (Briza Subaristata).
- Poa (POA spp.).
However, not the entire region consists of grasslands. There are some bushes such as species of the genus Baccharis spp. and Margyricarpus spp. There are also tree species, where the ombú (Phytolacca Dioica), is a tree better known for its peculiarity of shadowing and for being part of multiple and amazing legends.
Down here you can see the Images of the flora of the Pampas region In the same order that species appear on this list.
Fauna from the Pampas region
At first, Pampas Praderas They constituted the habitat of abundant species of mammals and birds. On the contrary, the exploitation of Pampas ecosystems for the development of agriculture and livestock led to the fact that there are currently few animals living in the Argentine pampas Wildly. The reality is that Pampas biodiversity was strongly reduced and displaced by monoculture and livestock and, as a consequence, many species were extinguished. Even so, here we will mention some of the native animals species in the Pampas region:
- Puma (Puma concolor).
- Ñandú (Rhea American).
- Perdiz Copetona or Martineta de Cresta (EUDROMIA ELEGANS).
- Pampas deer (Bezoarticus Ozoceros).
- Cuis (Australis microcavia).
- Hairy Armadillo (Chaotophractus villosus).
Down here you can see the Photos of the fauna of the Pampas region In the same order that species appear in this list.
To learn more about the fauna of this country, we advise you to read these other posts about the 30 native animals in Argentina and 34 animals in danger of extinction in Argentina. In addition, to better learn both the flora and fauna of this country, do not hesitate to enter this other article about Argentina’s flora and fauna.
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