Santa Cruz, the most important city from the lowlands, is located below, as are the majority of Bolivia's petroleum and purely natural gas reserves. The southeastern Component of the lowlands is part with the Gran Chaco. Practically rainless for nine months of your yr, this place gets to be flooded for that a few months of large rains. The acute variation in rainfall supports only thorny scrub vegetation and cattle grazing, although latest discoveries of purely natural gas and petroleum near the foothills with the Andes have here captivated some settlers on the location.