(1) The pampas are still among the most fecund lands in the world.

(2) Oil tanks hide behind pampas grasses and dried-up clematis.

(3) He was laid down on brittle pampas grass and then manhandled by the creatures.

(4) Above, Herman and Candelaria Zapp pose with baby Pampa in Alaska as they finish the first leg of their journey around the world in 2002.

(5) 100m (13,450ft) Pampa Corral, near Cusco(), Peru: The farmer Julio Hanneco grows 215 varieties of potatoes in his highland village.

(6) Three vicu?as graze in tall grass in Peru's Pampa Galeras Reserve.

(7) Slowly Perdita was trying to absorb the immensity of the pampas.

(8) A quite awful vase in one corner, full of dried pampas grass.

(9) An important trade is concerned with the exploitation of the great grasslands variously known as prairie, pampas, savannah, etc.

(10) Then she became conscious of a vast blood-red sun warming the pampas.

(11) The Zapps say they intend to keep going, but may take a break in two years when their oldest son, Pampa, turn 10.

(12) The provincial government in Buenos Aires says it may imitate La Pampa province, allowing pigeon hunting to keep the birds in check.

(13) Enclosed between the Pacific and the high mountain range of the Andes, the Nazca pampa is often veiled in mist. But the rain clouds pass it by.

(14) You could approach fairly close to most of the bird-life on the pampa.

(15) Each of their four children was born in a different country: Pampa, 8, in the United States; Tehue, 5, in Argentina; Paloma, 3, in Canada; and little Wallaby, 1, in Australia.

(16) A group of vicunas are gathered at a corral in Pampa Galeras National Reserve during the traditional ceremony of "Chaccu" in the Andean highlands of Ayacucho June 24, 2007.