Definition of "pampa" []

• An extensive treeless grassland area, as found in southern South America. (noun)

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• "The word pampa, of Araucanian origin, signifies grass plain, and justly applies to the whole region."
• "A fern-grass-sedge pampa covers the summit areas of the larger islands where moisture is retained in temporary pools and sphagnum moss."
• "In the native vegetation there are from one to three zones on the lowland islands: coastal, arid (80-120 m), and transitional (100-200 m) which cover the largest area, and three to four more on mountainous islands: closed forest (200-500 m), mossy open forest and mossy scrub (500-1,000 m) and summit pampa above 1,000 m."