swap_horiz Gran Chaco Alternatives

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Amazon Basin

The Amazon Basin occupies a vast area within South America, primarily Brazil, and encompasses the world’s greatest river...

Tropical Rainforest South America Brazil

9.6 Brilliant

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Pantanal

The Pantanal is a massive tropical wetland located mostly in Brazil, notable for being the largest flooded grassland on...

Wetland Tropical South America Brazil Bolivia Paraguay

8.8 Great

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Okavango Basin

The Okavango Basin spans Angola, Namibia, and Botswana, famously feeding the Okavango Delta, a vast inland river system...

Africa Botswana Semi Arid Inland Delta

8.6 Great

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Mississippi Alluvial Plain

The Mississippi Alluvial Plain is a fertile floodplain along the lower Mississippi River in the southeastern United Stat...

USA North America Subtropical River Delta

8.2 Great

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Pannonian Plain

The Pannonian Plain is a large flat sedimentary basin in Central Europe covering parts of Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, and...

Europe Historical Continental Lowland

7.8 Good

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Punjab Plain

Spanning parts of India and Pakistan, the Punjab Plain is an alluvial region watered by five tributaries of the Indus Ri...

Agricultural South Asia Semi Arid Alluvial

7.8 Good

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Amboseli Plain

The Amboseli Plain in southern Kenya is an arid landscape famous for its national park, distinguished by its large eleph...

Wildlife Africa Savanna Kenya

7.8 Good

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Kalahari Basin

Covering over 2 million square kilometers in Southern Africa, the Kalahari Basin is an expansive sand-filled structural...

Africa Basin Semi Arid Botswana Namibia South Africa

7.8 Good

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Interior Plains (Canada)

The Interior Plains of Canada are vast sedimentary lowlands spanning Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, forming the Ca...

Canada North America Agricultural Continental

7.6 Good

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Sahel

The Sahel is a vast semi-arid ecoclimatic zone in Africa stretching from Senegal to Sudan, acting as a transitional belt...

Africa Transitional Semi Arid Multi Country

7.5 Good

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High Plains (USA)

The High Plains are the elevated semiarid western portion of the U.S. Great Plains, stretching from South Dakota to Texa...

USA North America Semi Arid Tableland

7.4 Good

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Llano Estacado

The Llano Estacado is a large elevated tableland in eastern New Mexico and western Texas, one of the largest mesas in No...

North America Semi Arid Caprock Tableland

7.3 Good

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Orinoco Plains

The Orinoco Plains, also known as the Llanos, are a vast tropical grassland shared by Colombia and Venezuela, notable fo...

Tropical South America River Venezuela

7.3 Good

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Palouse

The Palouse is a region of rolling loess hills in eastern Washington and northern Idaho with some of the world's highest...

North America Wheat Semi Arid Loess

7.2 Good

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Paraná Plain

The Paraná Plain in Argentina is a fertile, flat alluvial basin notable for its intensive agricultural output and its lo...

South America Agricultural Subtropical Alluvial

7.2 Good

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Awash Valley

The Awash Valley in Ethiopia is an internationally significant paleoanthropological site where numerous early hominid fo...

Africa Agricultural Ethiopia Semi Arid

7.2 Good

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Terai Plain

The Terai Plain is a marshy grassland and forest region lying at the base of the Himalayas in southern Nepal and norther...

South Asia Subtropical Lowland Nepal India

6.5 Fair

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Caatinga Plain

The Caatinga Plain is a semi-arid lowland region within Brazil's northeastern interior, dominated by the Caatinga biome—...

Tropical South America Brazil Scrubland

6.3 Fair

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Sertão Plain

The Sertão Plain is a vast semi-arid interior plateau of northeastern Brazil covering parts of nine states, historically...

Tropical South America Brazil Semi Arid

6.3 Fair

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Patos Lagoon Plain

A coastal lowland in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, bordering Lagoa dos Patos, South America's largest lagoon, important for...

Coastal South America Brazil Subtropical

6.0 Fair