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 realm
surface form: Palearctic
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
surface form: Dnieper River

Dniester
surface form: Dniester River

Don River NERFINISHED
Volga River
northOf Pontic–Caspian steppe
partOf Eurasian Steppe
surface form: Eurasian forest-steppe belt
recognizedBy WWF ecoregion classification
surface form: 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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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 East European forest-steppe
this entity surface form: Central Russian forest-steppe