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
Football in South America held for Central and South American countries to determine participation in the world's largest tournaments. The relatively lesser number of countries in the CONMEBOL region qualify without group play, as this is the system in Central America. Rivalry between any two countries at international match level is most intense between Argentina and Brazil. This duel, which has taken place more than hundred times, has not occurred more than the Argentina vs Uruguay, encounter, but now it is the most intense in South America. This is not owing to past political conflicts, but because these countries are regarded as being the