Pampas vs. Veld — What's the Difference?

The Pampas (from the Quechua: pampa, meaning "plain") are fertile South American lowlands that cover more than 1,200,000 square kilometres (460,000 sq mi) and include the Argentine provinces of Buenos Aires, La Pampa, Santa Fe, Entre Ríos, and Córdoba; all of Uruguay; and Brazil's southernmost 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 1,300 m (4,265 ft) and 500 m (1,640 ft), respectively.

Veld ( or ), also spelled veldt, is a type of wide open rural landscape in Southern Africa. Particularly, it is a flat area covered in grass or low scrub, especially in the countries of South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini, Zimbabwe and Botswana.

Often pam·pas (pämpəs, pămpəz) An extensive treeless grassland area in south-central South America

Any of the open grazing areas of southern Africa.

The extensive plains of South America south of the Amazon.

The open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries.

Vast grass-covered plains in the central and southern part of the Argentine Republic in South America. The term is sometimes used in a wider sense for the plains east of the Andes extending from Bolivia to Southern Patagonia.

Elevated open grassland in southern Africa

The vast grassy plains of northern Argentina