WHAT IS A STEPPE ?

• By:Toby Grayson And Zane Cuthbertson
• 2nd period Science
• Made in September 2014
• Sources:Blueplanetbiomes.org,education.nationalgeographic.com

A STEPPE

• A steppe is made up of montane grasslands,shrublands,and temperate grasslands

WHERE ARE STEPPES ?

BIOTIC FACTORS IN A STEPPE

• Animals in a steppe are Bactrian camels,corsac foxes,mongolian gerbils,
• There are not many plants in a steppe except for many shrubs and types of grasses
• Sometimes there are occasional trees
• Animals 2 : saker falcons,northern lynxes,saiga antelopes

ABIOTIC FACTORS IN A STEPPE

• Precipitation: 25-50 centimeters a year
• Temperature: During summer it can get to 104 degrees fahrenheit
• The soil is typically chernozem which is very hard to farm with
• In Winter it can go as low as -40 degrees Fahrenheit

LANDMARKS IN A STEPPE

• Saryarka are wetlands in Northern Kazakhstan
• Hövsgöl Nuur is a very large lake in Mongolia
• Burkhan Khaldun is a giant peak in Mongolia
• Sacred Mountain Tan-khan in Russia

COUNTRIES WITH THE STEPPE

• Asia :Kazakhstan,Tajikstan,Uzbekistan,Mongolia,China,Russia
• Europe :Russia,Moldova,Ukraine,Romania,Hungary,Croatia,Serbia
• Europe 2 :Slovakia,Slovenia,Austria,Turkey