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range, large area of land unsuited to cultivation but supporting native grasses and other plants suitable for livestock grazing. Principal areas in the western hemisphere are the pampas Pampa, c.250,000 sq mi (647,500 sq km), of central and N Argentina embraces parts of the provinces of Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Córdoba, and La Pampa. Cattle was first introduced to the region by the Portuguese in the 1550s. ..... Click the link for more information. of South America and the prairies prairies, generally level, originally grass-covered and treeless plains of North America, stretching from W Ohio through Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa to the Great Plains region. ..... Click the link for more information. of the United States and Canada. Originally the entire ranges of the W United States and Canada were unfenced public land. Under the Homestead Act (1862), more than 50% of the Western range land in the United States passed to private ownership and was fenced with barbed wire. The national forests and other public lands of the West still contain vast unfenced ranges; grazing permits are purchased by ranch owners. Ranges are known as summer or winter ranges according to the time of year when grazing conditions are best. Range management involves regulation of grazing and other economically productive uses of range land to prevent overgrazing or other abuse of the resource. range(1) In data entry validation, a group of values from a minimum to a maximum. range 1. the total products of a manufacturer, designer, or stockist 2. Physics the distance that a particle of ionizing radiation, such as an electron or proton, can travel through a given medium, esp air, before ceasing to cause ionization 3. Maths Logic a. (of a function) the set of values that the function takes for all possible arguments b. (of a variable) the set of values that a variable can take c. (of a quantifier) the set of values that the variable bound by the quantifier can take 4. the extent of pitch difference between the highest and lowest notes of a voice, instrument, etc. 5. the geographical region in which a species of plant or animal normally grows or lives 6. a series or chain of mountains 7. Nautical a line of sight taken from the sea along two or more navigational aids that mark a navigable channel 8. range of significance Philosophy Logic the set of subjects for which a given predicate is intelligible
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The three most popular religions in the world emerged from their dry desert roots, preaching the literal and symbolic primacy of water, leaving the arid ranges behind as they flowed toward temperance. |
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