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The Eurasian Steppe, also called the Great Steppe or The Steppes, is the vast steppe ecoregion of Eurasia in the temperate grasslands, savannas and shrublands biome. It stretches through Hungary , Bulgaria , Romania , Moldova , Ukraine , southern Russia , Kazakhstan , Xinjiang , Mongolia and Manchuria , with one major exclave , the Pannonian ...
The forest-steppe is an area of Russia in which precipitation and evaporation are approximately equal. [2] The ecoregion is in the Palearctic realm , with a Humid Continental climate. According to one definition of its boundaries, it covers 727,269 km 2 (280,800 sq mi).
In physical geography, a steppe (/ s t ɛ p /) is an ecoregion characterized by grassland plains without closed forests except near rivers and lakes. [1] Steppe biomes may include: the montane grasslands and shrublands biome; the tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome; the temperate grasslands, savannas, and ...
The Pontic–Caspian steppe covers an area of 994,000 km 2 (384,000 sq mi) of Central and Eastern Europe, that extends from northeastern Bulgaria and southeastern Romania, through Moldova, and southern and eastern Ukraine, through the Northern Caucasus of southern Russia, and into the Lower Volga region of western Kazakhstan, to the east of the Ural Mountains.
The steppe nomads had no permanent abode, but travelled from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock. The generic designation encompasses the varied ethnic groups who have at times inhabited steppe regions of present-day Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Uyghuristan, Mongolia, Russia, and Ukraine.
Grasslands and steppes of Russia — in eastern Europe and northern Asia. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. B. Baraba Steppe (1 C, 12 P)
Crimean Submediterranean forest complex (Russia, Ukraine) East European forest steppe (Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Ukraine) Manchurian mixed forests (China, Russia, North Korea, South Korea) Sarmatic mixed forests (Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Russia, Sweden) South Sakhalin-Kurile mixed forests
The South Siberian forest steppe ecoregion (WWF ID: PA0817) is a patchwork of grasslands and forests in the low-lying areas of south central Siberia.The region is one of high biodiversity as a transition zone between the West Siberian taiga to the north, and the Altai Mountains to the south.