Forest steppe

Forest steppe

A forest steppe is a temperate-climate habitat type composed of grassland interspersed with areas of woodland or forest.

The physiographic macroregion in which it primarily occurs is a belt of forest steppes cross Eurasia from eastern Europe to Eastern Siberia, forming a transition between temperate broadleaf and mixed forests and temperate grasslands.

Ecoregions are also found in the mountains of the Iranian Plateau.

Forest steppe ecoregions

* East European forest steppe forms a transition between the Central European and Sarmatic mixed forests to the north and the Pontic-Caspian steppe to the south. It extends from Romania in the west to the Ural Mountains in the east.
* The Kazakh forest steppe lies east of the Urals, between the West Siberian broadleaf and mixed forests and the Kazakh steppe.
* Altai montane forests and forest steppe
* South Siberian forest steppe
* Selenge-Orkhon forest steppe
* The Daurian forest steppe lies between the Trans-Baikal conifer forests and East Siberian Taiga to the north and the Mongolian-Manchurian grassland to the south.
* Zagros Mountains forest steppe
* Elburz Range forest steppe
* Kopet Dag woodlands and forest steppe
* Kuhrud-Kohbanan Mountains forest steppe


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