East European forest-steppe

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The East European forest-steppe is a transitional ecoregion characterized by a mosaic of mixed forests and grasslands stretching across parts of Eastern Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ecoregion
forest-steppe
transitional biome
biogeographicRealm Palearctic
linked to: Palearctic realm
biome temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
borderedBy East European forest
Pontic–Caspian steppe
characterizedBy grasslands
mixed forests
mosaic of forests and grasslands
climate humid continental climate
warm-summer humid continental climate
conservationStatus vulnerable
continent Europe
country Belarus
Bulgaria
Kazakhstan
Moldova
Romania
Russia
Ukraine
ecoregionCode PA0419
hasHabitat forest patches
meadow steppe patches
riparian forests
landUse forestry
intensive agriculture
pasture
locatedIn Eastern Europe
majorRiver Dnieper River
linked to: Dnieper

Dniester River
linked to: Dniester

Don River NERFINISHED
Volga River
northOf Pontic–Caspian steppe
partOf Eurasian forest-steppe belt
linked to: Eurasian Steppe
recognizedBy Global 200 ecoregions
WWF
soilType chernozem
grey forest soils
southOf East European forest
threat conversion to cropland
habitat fragmentation
overgrazing
transitionBetween forest
steppe
vegetationType broadleaf forests
meadow steppe
mixed coniferous-broadleaf forests
tall-grass steppe

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northern Ukraine containsEcoregion East European forest-steppe
Central Russian Upland contains Central Russian forest-steppe
linked to: East European forest-steppe