Ch. Ill] WARM TEMPERATE WOODLAND AND GRASSLAND 457 



relatively dry winter season ami a moist warm season {spring to autumn); 

 the vegetation consists of grassland {savannah or steppe). 



5. WARM TEMPERATE DISTRICTS WITH A MOIST 



SUMMER. 



Eastern South America south of 30 , hence in particular Rio Grande do 

 Sul, Uruguay, and Argentina, may be climatically distinguished from most 

 of the warm temperate districts already referred to, by the prevalence of 

 summer rain ; in this it is comparable with Natal. In the littoral district 

 and in the lower parts of the La Plata basin a marked dry season does not 

 occur, but a dry season appears during winter in the greater part of the 

 interior. 



In North Argentina, as well as along the base of the Andes, as also in the 

 more easterly provinces of Entre Rios and Corrientes, wide tracts of country 

 have a rainfall ranging from 100 to 120 cm. There, high-forest, savannah- 

 forest, savannah, and steppe contend for the mastery ; local influences 

 determine the victory and lead to richly varied tracts of park-like country. 



Climate of the East Argentine Park-like Country. 



CORRIENTES. 



About 27 30' S. 



(From Meteorol. Zeitschr., 1894, p. 356.) 



