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pampas

noun

Definition of pampas

plural of pampa

as in prairies

a broad area of level or rolling treeless country a folktale about gauchos on the pampas

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Recent Examples of pampas Hundreds, thousands of solar panels are distributed like macropixels among ravines, pampas, slopes, and wherever there’s room for them. — Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026 Participants travel by horseback to South American landscapes few people ever reach, from vast valleys and sweeping pampas to ancient lenga forests and high plateaus populated with condors. — Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 6 June 2026 This involves riding on gravel tracks across pampas, past fjords, and ranchlands. — Everett Potter, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026 There, Patagonia stretches out into wide skies, windswept pampas, turquoise lakes, and towering ice fields. — Eric Sheets, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2025 Some invasive ornamental grasses include pampas grass, Mexican feather grass, and fountaingrass. — Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Aug. 2025

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Noun

The cross-country route carries passengers through the forests and lakes of northern Ontario, the prairies of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, and into the dramatic mountain landscapes of Alberta and British Columbia.

— Bailey Berg, Travel + Leisure, 21 July 2026
The swamp's prairies are vast, watery expanses dotted with floating islands and stands of cypress and other trees.

— Drew Kann, AJC.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of prairies

Noun

Rounding out the top three was Kenya’s Maasai Mara, where sunrise transforms the sprawling savannah into a sea of golden light as majestic wildlife—think lions, elephants, giraffes—roam the plains.

— Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2026
The shaggy bovines of the plains and boreal forests were nearly hunted to extinction in a frenzy of killing that decimated their population.

— Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 20 July 2026

Definition of plains

Noun

Similar trends have played out in Central Asian steppes and South American plains.

— Tristan Bove, Fortune, 1 June 2026
Longer-running hiking trips take you everywhere from Western Greenland to the sea cliffs of the Faroe Islands, the steppes of Mongolia, or the Tien Shan Mountains of Kyrgyzstan.

— The Editors, Outside, 18 Mar. 2026

Definition of steppes

Noun

Wetlands, forests, grasslands, rivers, and coastal ecosystems also face pressure from pollution, invasive species, and the overuse of natural resources.

— Aman Kumar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026
Next spring, bobolinks will once again return to North America’s grasslands.

— Nathan W. Cooper, The Conversation, 23 July 2026

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