Important characteristics and features of steppes within the Trans-Asian mountain belt (Pamir-Anadyr)

• Published in: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
• Main Authors: Namzalov, B-Ts B, Dubrovsky, N G, Namzalov, M B-Ts
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: IOP Publishing 2021
• Subjects: Arctic; Anadyr; Anadyr’; Anadyr'; Chukotka; Subarctic; Tundra
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/817/1/012072; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/817/1/012072; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/817/1/012072/pdf

Abstract The steppes occupy an important place in the vegetation of Eurasia. The steppe biome of the continent, along with zonal types on the plains of Europe and Asia, is diverse and richly represented in the vegetation of the mountains of Asia. Among the latter, the most significant are the mountain systems of the Trans-Asian mountain belt (TAMB), stretched from the southwest to the northeast over a vast area from the greatest Pamir – Tien Shan mountain range to the Chukotka-Anadyr plateau in the zone of the Arctic tundra of Asia. The article provides a brief analysis of typological diversity, an overview and reflections on the steppes of boreal Eurasia, elongated in the mountainous zone of Asia in a wide geographical range both in latitudinal (37-67 0 N) and in longitudinal dimensions (72-163 0 E). They differ significantly in the mountains of various climatic sectors; they are especially pronounced in the floristic composition and phytocenotic structure of extrazonal steppe phenomena and in longitudinal vicariates – from the mountains of Central Asia to the subarctic of North Asia.