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plain region. The western and southern part (perhaps the larger) is much broken by hills, swamps and sandy wastes, with occasional stretches of wooded See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country. The western See also:

HALF

half is crossed by a broad depression, extending from Mendoza See also:

south-See also:

east to an intersection with the valley of the Colorado, which was once the outlet of the closed drainage See also:

basin occupied by the provinces of Mendoza, San Juan and San Luis. This depression is partially filled with swamps and lakes, into which flow the See also:

rivers Atuel and Salado. An obscure continuation of these rivers, called the Chadi-leubu, flows south-east from the great swamps into the large See also:

lake of Urrelauquen, about 6o m. See also:

north of the Colorado. There are a great number of lakes in La Pampa, especially in the south-east. The eastern half is described as fertile and well adapted for grazing, although the rainfall is very See also:

LIGHT

light. Since the closing years of the 19th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century there has been a large See also:

EMIGRATION (from Lat. emigrare; e, ex, out of, and migrare, to depart)

emigration of stock-raisers and agriculturists into La Pampa, and the territory has become an important producer of See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle and See also:

sheep, See also:

wheat, See also:

INDIAN

Indian See also:

corn, See also:

LINSEED

linseed, See also:

BARLEY (Hordeum sativum)

barley and See also:

ALFALFA

alfalfa. The See also:

CLIMATE

climate is excessively dry, and the temperature ranges from the severe frosts of See also:

winter to an extreme of 104° F. in summer.

Strong, See also:

CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant winds are characteristic of this region. See also:

RAILWAYS

Railways have been extended into the territory from Buenos Aires and See also:

BAHIA

Bahia Blanca, the latter being the nearest seaport. There is connexion also with the Transandine railway See also:

LINE

line on the north. The See also:

capital is See also:

General Acha (pop. about 2000 in 1905), and the only other places of importance are See also:

SANTA

Santa See also:

Rosa de Toay and Victorfca, both small, uninteresting " See also:

CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp " villages.

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