A humid subtropical climate is a zone of climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and cool to mild winters. These climates normally lie on the southeast side of all continents (except Antarctica), generally between latitudes 25° and 40° and are located poleward from adjacent tropical climates. It is also known as warm temperate climate in some climate classifications.

The Pampas cat (Leopardus colocola) is a small wild cat native to South America. It is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List as habitat conversion and destruction may cause the population to decline in the future.. It is named after the Pampas, but occurs in grassland, shrubland, and dry forest at elevations up to 5,000 m (16,000 ft).. There was a proposal to …

The climate of the Pampas is generally temperate, gradually giving way to a more humid subtropical climate in the north (Cfa, according to the Köppen climate classification); a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) on the southern and western fringes (like San Luis Province, western La Pampa Province and southern Buenos Aires Province); and an oceanic climate (Cfb) in the …

Types of rangeland. The United States Environmental Protection Agency defines rangeland as "lands on which the native vegetation (climax or natural potential plant community) is predominantly grasses, grass-like plants, forbs, or shrubs suitable for grazing or browsing use." The EPA classifies natural grassland and savannas as rangeland, and in some cases includes …

Doedicurus, or Dædicurus, is an extinct genus of glyptodont from South America containing one species, D. clavicaudatus.Glyptodonts are a member of the family Chlamyphoridae, which also includes some modern armadillo species, and they are classified in the superorder Xenarthra alongside sloths and anteaters.Being a glyptodont, it was a rotund animal with heavy armor …

Formerly functioning as windfunnels for sand at present these valleys are an ecotone region between the Dry and Humid Pampas. [5] While mostly flat, the province does also contains mountains like Sierra de Lihuel Calel , where a variety of landforms can be observed; these include inselbergs , flared slopes , domes , nubbins , tors , tafonis ...

In biogeography, the Mediterranean Basin (/ ˌ m ɛ d ɪ t ə ˈ r eɪ n i ə n /; also known as the Mediterranean Region or sometimes Mediterranea) is the region of lands around the Mediterranean Sea that have mostly a Mediterranean climate, with mild to cool, rainy winters and warm to hot, dry summers, which supports characteristic Mediterranean forests, …

Amazônia (português brasileiro) ou Amazónia (português europeu) (também chamada de Floresta Amazônica, Selva Amazônica, Floresta Equatorial da Amazônia, Floresta Pluvial ou Hileia Amazônica) é uma floresta latifoliada úmida que cobre a maior parte da Bacia Amazônica da América do Sul.Esta bacia abrange 7 milhões de quilômetros quadrados, dos quais 5 …

Volcanism has been continuous on the Galápagos Islands for at least 20 million years, and perhaps even longer. The mantle plume beneath the east-ward moving Nazca Plate (51 km/myr) has given rise to a 3-kilometre-thick platform under the island chain and seamounts.Besides the Galápagos Archipelago, other key tectonic features in the region include the Northern …

The Great Plains is the broad expanse of prairie and steppe which lies east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States and Canada.The narrow plains in the Mexican coast and the savannas of the Mississippi are analogous to, respectively, the Patagonian Steppes and the pampas of the Piranha, Paraguay, and Rio de la Plata. Thus the Appalachians and the …