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The region forms a transition zone between the temperate forests to the north, and the steppe to the south. 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.
The East European forest steppe (ecoregion PA0419) Forest steppe landscape on the Volga Upland near the city of Saratov, Russia Devín forest steppe in Slovakia A forest steppe is a temperate-climate ecotone and habitat type composed of grassland interspersed with areas of woodland or forest .
The steppe area is primarily composed of associations herb-turf-grass, with some young Scots pine. 555 species of vascular plants have been recorded. Ostrovtsovskaya steppe (352 hectares). Ostrovtsovskaya is located on terraces of the right bank of the Khopyor River floodplain in Kolyshleysky District, near the village of Ostrovtsy. The ...
Čenkovská forest-steppe or Čenkovská steppe is a nature reserve in the Slovak county of Nové Zámky in the municipality of Mužla. It covers an area of 79.6 ha and has a protection level of 4 under the slovak law which corresponds with the IUCN level III.
The Altai steppe and semi-desert ecoregion (WWF ID: PA0802), as its name indicates, sits in a transition zine between steppe and semi-desert, supporting sparse grass and shrublands. The area is relatively undeveloped, with agriculture mostly represented by grazing livestock. There are a few shallow lakes in depressions used by migratory birds ...
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 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.
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.