r/geography • u/True_Antelope8860 • 2d ago

Whats the place you refer to when something is very very far Discussion

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u/myusernameis2lon 2d ago edited 2d ago

TIL that Pampa is an actual place and not just a figure of speech.

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u/nadandocomgolfinhos 2d ago

¡Está en la Patagonia!

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u/anadromikidiaspora 2d ago

No sabia q algunas definiciones incluyen a la Pampa o parte en la Patagonia

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u/nadandocomgolfinhos 1d ago

Mi familia (Colombiana) dice eso.

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u/Huienen 1d ago

Solo el extremo sur

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u/NaCl_Sailor 1d ago

More a kind of landscape, like Savannah and Tundra. It's a type of grassland in South America.

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u/ResponsibleNoise7337 1d ago

Yeah thought the same. I thought it was just a muddy place somewhere

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u/gdfuzze 2d ago

There's also a Pampa, Texas, USA. Population 16,000. Up in the panhandle.

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u/billy310 1d ago

This tracks

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u/chris_ut 2d ago

Also a town in Texas