Rangeland in regions too dry to support a forest, but not dry enough to be a desert. Pampas are the fertile South American lowlands that include the Argentine provinces of Buenos Aires, La Pampa, Santa Fe, Entre Ríos and Córdoba, most of Uruguay, and the State of Rio Grande do Sul, in the southernmost end of Brazil covering more than . These vast plains are only interrupted by the low Ventana and Tandil hills near Bahía Blanca and Tandil (Argentina), with a height of and respectively. The climate is mild, with precipitation of to , more or less evenly distributed through
2012 storm in southern Uruguay home. Luckily enough, it was the week of spring holidays, so children did not have to attend school. Meteorologists considered this to be an extratropical cyclone. General comment was that his cyclone was less severe than the 2005 storm. Three people were reported dead in San José, due to a flood. This storm is part of a regional phenomenon covering also Argentina, Paraguay, and Bolivia, where other people were reported dead as well. 2012 storm in southern Uruguay In 2012, a strong storm swept across southern Uruguay from 18 to 19 September. The main area affected were the departments on