Remember 'pampas' specifically refers to South American plains, not just any grassland area.

Geographic Origin

'Pampas' carries cultural importance in Argentina, often associated with gauchos and livestock farming.

Cultural Significance

Don't confuse 'pampas' with 'savanna'; pampas are temperate, whereas savannas are tropical.

Not a Savanna

 And I went down to the room in which I was to be sleeping. Small but eminently comfortable, it had a bed and a rocking chair and a long desk and even longer picture windows looking out on a small, private, walled garden, and then 1,200 feet of golden pampas grass running down to the sea.

Where Is Home? PIPE Pico...

 then twelve hundred feet of golden pampas grass running down to the sea and I sat down and I began to write and write and write even though I'd gone there really to get away from my desk

Where is home? - Pico...

 is to be very active. So far we've been successful reintroducing some of the species here, like the giant anteater, the pampas deer...But we are just starting