The patagonian steppe is a mystical journey into the past, full of stories, memories and mystery.
The wind that sweeps an endless space. Where the train tracks meet, the sun falls on the horizon, with the silence of the afternoon.
The peoples of the South Region have the magic of a time without hurry, where the force of Nature dominates life.
The train is much more than a transport from the mountain range to the sea, it is a union between these peoples, being also a mystical journey into the past, full of stories, memories and mystery.
The vegetation of the steppe consists mainly of two types of plants: low bushes, small leaves and in many cases thorns and grasslands or coironales of the Stipa and Festuca genera.
More than 100 species of birds inhabit the Patagonian steppe, this without counting the birds of aquatic environments.
Probably the most representative and easy to recognize is the choique or ñandú petiso (Rhea pennata), a large and non-flying bird that belongs to the group of ratites, birds with long and strong legs and that lost their ability to fly, so that lack the sternum in the form of keel characteristic of flying birds.
To this same group belongs the ostrich in Africa and the emu in Australia.
The peoples of the South Region have the magic of a time without hurry, where the force of Nature dominates life.
The train is much more than a transport from the mountain range to the sea, it is a union between these peoples, being also a mystical journey into the past, full of stories, memories and mystery.
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| The vegetation of the steppe consists mainly of two types of plants. |
The patagonian steppe.
The vegetation of the steppe consists mainly of two types of plants: low bushes, small leaves and in many cases thorns and grasslands or coironales of the Stipa and Festuca genera.
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It is estimated that 45% of the surface of the steppe is formed by arid steppes of shrubs, another 20% by grasslands of coirones, 30% by the combination of shrubs and grasslands and the remaining 5% by bodies of water (rivers and lakes), mallines and vegas. Birds.
More than 100 species of birds inhabit the Patagonian steppe, this without counting the birds of aquatic environments.
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| It is estimated that 45% of the surface of the steppe is formed by arid steppes of shrubs. |
Fauna.
Probably the most representative and easy to recognize is the choique or ñandú petiso (Rhea pennata), a large and non-flying bird that belongs to the group of ratites, birds with long and strong legs and that lost their ability to fly, so that lack the sternum in the form of keel characteristic of flying birds.
Read also: El Bolson: magic city, Patagonian paradise of myths and utopias.It is a very old group with origin in the supercontinent Gondwana.
To this same group belongs the ostrich in Africa and the emu in Australia.
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| Due to the shortage of pastures, the guanaco is displacing the sheep in Patagonia. |
The colonization of the Patagonian steppes with sheep and cattle occurred at the end of the 19th century. From the moment of colonization, the number of sheep has shown two phases: a growing one, until the middle of the 20th century, followed by a decreasing phase. The fall in the total number of sheep was interpreted as the result of the progressive deterioration of the productivity of the Patagonian steppes, that is, of desertification, increased by the dryness and force of the wind.
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