Pampas Pampas The Pampas (from the , meaning "plain") are fertile South American lowlands that cover more than and include the Argentine provinces of Buenos Aires, La Pampa, Santa Fe, Entre Ríos and Córdoba; all of Uruguay; and the southernmost Brazilian State, Rio Grande do Sul. The vast plains are a natural region, interrupted only by the low Ventana and Tandil hills, near Bahía Blanca and Tandil (Argentina), with a height of and , respectively. The climate is warm, with precipitation of that is more or less evenly distributed through the year, making the soils appropriate for agriculture. The area is
Rugby union in Uruguay in South America after Argentina at 18th in the world. The team plays almost all of its home games at the 14,000-capacity Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo, typically drawing about 11,000 for international fixtures. Uruguay has made a name for itself as the up-and-coming rugby nation of the Americas. Its wins of 67–3 over Paraguay and 14–6 over Chile in the qualifiers for the 1995 Rugby World Cup ensured that its place as the No. 2 nation in South American rugby was assured. In the same competition, they managed to hold mighty Argentina, the most successful rugby nation of the Americas,