Geography of South America world by drainage area—the Amazon River and the more southerly Paraná River. The other major river of this central lowland is the Orinoco River, which has a natural channel linking it with the Amazon. Most of this central lowland is sparsely populated because the soils are heavily leached, but in the south is the very fertile pampas of Argentina—one of the world's major food-producing regions where wheat and beef cattle are pre-eminent. The natural vegetation of the northern lowlands are either savanna in the northern "llanos" and southern "campos", or tropical rainforest throughout most of the Amazon basin. Efforts to
South Hampshire Lowlands To the west The highest point within the South Hampshire Lowlands is Portsdown Hill at above sea level. The major settlements of the South Hampshire Lowlands are Romsey, Eastleigh, Bishops Waltham, Havant and, of course, the city of Southampton itself. South Hampshire Lowlands The South Hampshire Lowlands form a natural landscape in south, central England within the county of Hampshire. The UK Government's advisors on the natural environment, Natural England, have named the South Hampshire Lowlands as one of their National Character Areas (No. 125). This covers 38,635 hectares of countryside running from Totton and Southampton in the west to