Alpine-steppe

Alpine-steppe

An alpine-steppe is a high altitude natural grassland which receives very little rainfall.

The Tibetan plateau is one example of an alpine steppe. [ [http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/pa/pa1002.html National Geographic Wild World Ecoregion Profile: Central Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe (PA1002)] ] It has an average elevation of over 4,500 meters and receives, on average, 25 to 50 mm [ [http://www.koreanhistoryproject.org/Jta/Ch/ChWX0.htm Korean History Project: Journey to Asia: China] ] of rain per year. ["Tibet", Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 26, page 718, 1998]

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