Eurasian Steppe Facts for Kids

Eurasian steppe belt (turquoise)

Russian steppe in the Orenburg Oblast

The Eurasian Steppe (or Ya'ou Steppe; 亚欧草原) is a steppe ecoregion (a huge stretch of grasslands) in north Eurasia. It stretches from Eastern Europe, Russia, Kazakhstan, to Mongolia and north China. It is south of Siberia.

For most of history, nomads lived and wandered there on horseback. The horse may have came from the steppe, around Kazakhstan. With the horses the steppe was a highway that moved people from China to Europe. For this reason it became important for the Silk Road.

The steppe has been ruled by many empires. Examples are the Altaic people, Chinese, Slavic people, and Central Asians: including the Xiongnu, Scythians, Han dynasty, Xianbei, Sogdians, Turkic Khaganate, Khazars, Tang Dynasty, Mongol Empire, Russian Empire, and Qing dynasty.

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The site of Por-Bazhyn
Mongolian yurt
Plowing with tractor on the Great Hungarian Plain (Alföld), Hungary
Steppe fire in the Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan
Hungarian invasions of Europe in the 9–10th century
Territories of the Golden Horde under Öz Beg Khan.
Devínska Kobyla, Bratislava, Slovakia
The Pannonian steppe in Seewinkel, Austria
The Pannonian steppe in Devínska Kobyla, Bratislava, Slovakia
Danube-Auen National Park, Austria
The Pontic–Caspian steppe near Krynychne, Ukraine.
The Pontic–Caspian steppe in Henichesk, Ukraine.
Steppes in Gagauzia, Moldova.
Steppes in Gagauzia, Dezghingea, Moldova.
Wooded Ural Mountains of Beloretsky District, Russia.
The Bashkiriya National Park is situated in the southern end of the Ural Mountains, Russia.
The Bashkiriya National Park, Ural Mountains, Russia.
The Bashkiriya National Park, Ural Mountains, Russia.
The steppe in Akmola Region, Kazakhstan.
The steppes in Akmola Province, Kazakhstan.
The Kazakh Steppe in the Ayagoz District, Kazakhstan.
The Kazakh Steppe in the early spring.
Uvs Lake Basin, Tuva Republic, Russia.
Dus-Khol lake, Tuva Republic, Russia.
The grassland in Tuva Republic, Russia.
Dus-Khol Lake, Tandinsky District, Tuva Republic, Russia.
The Daurian forest steppe
The Mongolian-Manchurian grassland in the Khövsgöl Province, Mongolia.
Grass steppe in the Khövsgöl Province, Mongolia.
Daursky Nature Reserve in the southern part of the Zabaykalsky Krai in Siberia, Russia, close to the border with Mongolia.
The Mongolian-Manchurian grassland in Inner Mongolia, China.
Przewalski horse
Corsac fox
Saiga antelope

Eurasian Steppe facts for kids

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