Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands is a biome whose predominant vegetation consists of grasses and/or shrubs. The climate is temperate and semi-arid to semi-humid. - Temperature: warm to hot season (often with a cold to freezing season in winter)
- Soil: fertile with rich nutrients and minerals
- Plants: grass; trees or shrubs in savanna and shrubland
- Animals: large, grazing mammals; birds
Steppes are short grasslands that occur in semi-arid climates. Prairies are tall grasslands in areas of higher rainfall. Heaths and pastures are, respectively, low shrublands and grasslands where forest growth is hindered by human activity, not climate. Savannas are areas with both grass and trees, but the trees do not form a canopy as they would in a forest. Tall grasslands, including the Prairie of North America and the Humid Pampas of Argentina, have moderate rainfall and rich soils which make them ideally suited to extensive agriculture, and tall grassland ecoregions include some of the most productive grain-growing regions in the world. [edit] Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands ecoregions Palearctic Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands | | Alai-Western Tian Shan steppe | Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan | | Altai steppe and semi-desert | Kazakhstan | | Central Anatolian steppe | Turkey | | Daurian forest steppe | China, Mongolia, Russia | | Eastern Anatolian montane steppe | Armenia, Iran, Turkey | | Emin Valley steppe | China, Kazakhstan | | Faroe Islands boreal grasslands | Faroe Islands, part of Denmark | | Gissaro-Alai open woodlands | Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan | | Kazakh forest steppe | Kazakhstan, Russia | | Kazakh steppe | Kazakhstan, Russia | | Kazakh upland | Kazakhstan | | Middle East steppe | Iraq, Syria | | Mongolian-Manchurian grassland | China, Mongolia, Russia | | Pontic steppe | Kazakhstan, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Ukraine | | Sayan Intermontane steppe | Russia | | Selenge-Orkhon forest steppe | Mongolia, Russia | | South Siberian forest steppe | Russia | | Tian Shan foothill arid steppe | China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan | [edit] See also
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