The Pampas is located in Argentina in South America, also known as the Argentine Prairie or the South American Prairie. For us, Argentina is a very distant country. When it comes to Argentina, football fans will think of football, and foodies will think of beef. This is because Argentina's football level is very high, and Argentina is a country with a very developed animal husbandry, known as the world's meat storehouse.

Argentina has a long history of animal husbandry, and its animal husbandry level and meat production are in the world's leading position. The reason why Argentina's animal husbandry is developed is mainly due to Argentina's fertile land.

Argentina has a total area of ​​about 2.78 million square kilometers. It is one of the world's largest territorial countries and second only to Brazil in South America. Argentina's terrain is high in the west and low in the east. The Andes Mountains are in the west, the La Plata Plain is in the east and central part, and the Patagonia Plateau is in the south. Argentina's animal husbandry is mainly concentrated in the central and eastern regions.

There is a vast grassland above the La Plata Plain, called the Pampas. The name Pampas comes from the Indian language, which means a prairie without trees.

The Pampas has the best grassland in the whole of South America. The grass here belongs to the sclerophyllous grass family, such as Stipa and Trigonella, which are all top-notch delicacies loved by cattle and sheep, and the grass grows very fast, enough for cattle and sheep to eat.

There are three main reasons why the grass in the Pampas grows well. First, there are rivers, and the Parana River, a large river in South America, flows through here. Second, the Pampas has a subtropical climate with high temperatures and sufficient precipitation. Third, the land in the Pampas is fertile and belongs to one of the world's famous black soil distribution areas.

Black soil is a kind of land with good properties, high fertility, and very suitable for plant growth. Because it is rich in organic matter, it is called the most fertile land in the world. Under the same conditions, the output of black soil far exceeds that of other soils. This is an important reason why the Pampas is rich in water and grass. Speaking of black soil, my country's Northeast Plain is also a major black soil distribution area in the world. It has fertile black soil and is an important grain, soybean, and animal husbandry production base in my country. So which land is more fertile, the Pampas or the Pampas?

This starts with the origin of black soil. Black soil has high fertility, but it is also very difficult to form. The formation of black soil requires a suitable climate and suitable geological conditions. First, the formation of black soil requires a mild and humid climate in summer and a cold and dry climate in winter. Secondly, the formation of black soil requires geological conditions with poor drainage.

The specific process is that plants grow rapidly in a warm and humid environment in summer, and a large number of plants accumulate on the ground in autumn. In winter, due to the cold climate and poor drainage, frozen soil can be formed to preserve plant remains, and the plant remains will not begin to decompose until the spring of the following year. Because the climate is mild and the decomposition is slow, the plant remains of the previous year have not been completely decomposed until the new plants grow and wither. Therefore, the annual accumulation of organic matter will exceed the decomposition amount. In this way, after years of accumulation, the humus will continue to thicken and form black soil.

Scientists estimate that it takes two to four hundred years to form one centimeter of black soil. Due to the difficulty of soil formation and the high requirements for climate and geological conditions, the black soil in the world now has a clear distribution pattern, mainly concentrated in the 45-degree north latitude line, and Northeast my country is at this latitude.

The Argentine Pampas, because it is located in a subtropical climate zone, does not have a severe and long winter, and the organic matter produced by plant decomposition cannot rely on the cold for years and months. This causes the black soil in the Pampas to form faster, but the fertility is naturally not as good as the Northeast Plain.

Although the climate in the Pampas is humid and hot, the geological environment is relatively suitable. Due to poor drainage, a large amount of plant debris can be slowly decomposed by being submerged in stagnant water on the ground to form a large amount of humus, resulting in the accumulation of a large amount of humus here, thus forming the black soil distribution area in the southern hemisphere.

In addition, the humid and hot climate causes the black soil in the Pampas to be rich in iron oxide and present a distinct red color, so the black soil in the Pampas belongs to reddish black soil. So in comparison, the Northeastern Plain is more fertile, and of course the Pampas is still extremely fertile compared to other types of soil. Now the Pampas not only has animal husbandry, but also some areas have been reclaimed into arable land, and has become an important agricultural area in Argentina.