A Place for Wild Things

Long pants with long legs gathered at the ankle, typically worn in Argentina and Uruguay for working outdoors.

• bombacha pantaloons

• estancia

• pasture

A South American farm or ranch used for raising livestock.

• bombacha

• estancia

• guanco

Cowboys of the South American grassy plains.

• bombacha

• pantaloons

• gauchos

A South American mammal with a long neck and soft brown fur that is related to llamas and camels.

• tradition

• guanaco

• overgrazed

Damaged by allowing animals to feed too long in one area.

• overgrazed

• guanaco

• pantaloons

A field with grass and other low plants on which grazing animals, such as sheep and cattle, feed.

• overgrazed

• tousits

• pasture

A South American plant with six-petaled flowers that are usually white with a green pattern.

• porcelain orchid

• bombacha Pantaloons

• guanaco

People who travel to places for enjoyment or to learn more about them.

• tourists

• overgraed

• estancia

A belief or custom that is passed down from year to year and generation to generation.

• tradition

• guanaco

• estancia