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  • The dominant vegetation is a type of savanna known as campos rupestres or rock fields and lies in the Espinhaço Range between 700 and 2,000 m in elevation.

    Campos Rupestres montane savanna 2007

  • In the Brazilian side these grasslands are called the campos limpos; there are almost no gallery forests on this side.

    Uruguayan savanna 2007

  • The country was poor, and through what is called campos — i.e. rolling plains, with a coarse pasturage.

    The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton 2006

  • Cerrado occurs on seasonally flooded lowlands, and is characterized by relatively open fields or "campos" dominated by grasses of Paspalum sp.,

    Pantanal Conservation Complex, Brazil 2007

  • However, only "refugios montanos" were classified as "campos rupestres" in order to separate them from other types of "campos" in southeastern Brazil's mountains.

    Campos Rupestres montane savanna 2007

  • Pasture is abundant; for two miles below the town the valley opens out into wide "campos" covered with grass, on which a large number of horses, cattle, and mules are reared.

    The Naturalist in Nicaragua Thomas Belt 1855

  • The layers of prosperity (or lack of it) range from the near destitute folks in the campos to the uber-rich.

    Page 2 2010

  • The layers of prosperity (or lack of it) range from the near destitute folks in the campos to the uber-rich.

    Page 2 2010

  • The layers of prosperity (or lack of it) range from the near destitute folks in the campos to the uber-rich.

    Page 2 2010

  • The layers of prosperity (or lack of it) range from the near destitute folks in the campos to the uber-rich.

    Page 2 2010

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