Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands

The Palouse is a region covering approximately 16,000 square kilometres of land in northwestern Idaho and southeastern Washington. ...more on Wikipedia about "Palouse"

The Pampas (from Quechua, meaning "plain") are the fertile South American lowlands that include the Argentine provinces of Buenos Aires, La Pampa, Santa Fe, and Córdoba, most of Uruguay, and the southernmost end of Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, covering more than 750,000 km² (290,000 square miles). These vast plains are only interrupted by the low Ventania mountain range near Bahía Blanca (Argentina), with 1,300 m height. The climate is mild, with precipitation of 600 to 1,200 mm, more or less evenly distributed through the year, making the soils appropriate for agriculture. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pampa"

The Pontic steppe refers to the steppelands to the north of the Black Sea and on its eastern side as far as the Caspian Sea. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pontic steppe"

The Texas blackland prairies are an ecoregion located in Texas that runs roughly from the Red River in North Texas to San Antonio in the south. It consists of a main belt of 43,000 km² and two islands of grasslands southeast of the main blackland prairie belt. The main belt consists of oaklands and savannas and runs north, eastern and northwest Texas. The first island is the Fayette Prairie, encompassing 17,000 km², and the second is the San Antonio Prairie of 7,000 km². The two islands are separated from the mainbelt by the oak woodlands of the East Central Texas forests. ...more on Wikipedia about "Texas blackland prairies"

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