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Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands is a group of biomes in which the climate is temperate to semi-arid.

Grasslands are characterized by grasses and other erect herbs, usually without trees or shrubs. Temperate grasslands occur in the dry temperate interiors of continents. Exceptions are anthropogenic grasslands, created by human clearance of natural forest biomes; these may occur in other climatic conditions, such as the Faroe Islands grasslands listed below.

See also: Steppe, Prairie

Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands ecoregions

Afrotropic ecozone
Al Hajar Al Gharbi montane woodlands ( Oman)
Amsterdam and Saint-Paul Islands temperate grasslands ( Amsterdam Island, Saint-Paul Island )


Tristan da Cunha-Gough Islands shrub and grasslands ( Tristan da CunhaTristan da Cunha is a remote island in the south Atlantic Ocean, at latitude 37°S, longitude 12°W. It is a dependency of St. Helena ( United Kingdom), from which it is 2,000 km distant. In 1961, a volcanic eruption on the island resulted in the bulk of th, Gough IslandGough Island (also called Diego Alvarez is a volcanic island rising from the South Atlantic Ocean to heights of over 900 meters above sea level. It is a remote and lonely place, about 350 km southeast of the other islands in the Tristan da Cunha group, 27)

Australasia ecozoneThe Australasian ecozone includes Australia, the island of New Guinea (including Papua New Guinea and the Indonesian province of Papua), and the eastern part of the Indonesian archipelago, including the island of Sulawesi, the Moluccan islands (the Indone
Canterbury-Otago tussock grasslands ( New ZealandFor alternative meanings, see New Zealand (disambiguation). New Zealand is a country formed of two major islands and a number of smaller islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. A common Mori name for New Zealand is Aotearoa popularly translated as Land)
Eastern Australia mulga shrublands ( AustraliaAustralia is the sixth-largest country in the world (geographically), the only one to occupy an entire continent, and the largest in the region of Australasia. Australia includes the island of Tasmania, which is an Australian State. Its neighbouring count)
Southeast Australia temperate savanna ( AustraliaAustralia is the sixth-largest country in the world (geographically), the only one to occupy an entire continent, and the largest in the region of Australasia. Australia includes the island of Tasmania, which is an Australian State. Its neighbouring count)
Nearctic ecozoneThe Nearctic is one of the eight terrestrial ecozones dividing the Earth's land surface. The Nearctic ecozone covers most of North America, including Greenland and the highlands of Mexico. Southern Mexico, southern Florida, Central America, and the Caribb
California Central Valley grasslands ( United StatesThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in)
Canadian aspen forests and parklands ( Canada, United States)
Central and Southern mixed grasslands ( United States)
Central forest-grasslands transition ( United States)
Central tall grasslands ( United States)
Edwards Plateau savanna ( United States)
Flint Hills tall grasslands ( United States)
Montana valley and foothill grasslands ( United States)
Nebraska Sand Hills mixed grasslands ( United States)
Northern mixed grasslands ( Canada, United States)
Northern short grasslands ( Canada, United States)
Northern tall grasslands ( Canada, United States)
Oak savanna ( Canada, United States)
Palouse grasslands ( United States)
Texas blackland prairies ( United States)
Western short grasslands ( Canada, United States)
Neotropic ecozone
Argentine Espinal ( Argentina)
Argentine Monte ( Argentina)

Humid Pampas ( Argentina)

Patagonian grasslands ( Argentina, Chile)
Patagonian steppe ( Argentina, Chile)

Semi-arid Pampas ( Argentina)

Palearctic ecozone
Alai-Western Tian Shan steppe ( Kazahkstan , Tajikistan, Uzbekistan)
Altai steppe and semi-desert ( Kazakhstan)
Central Anatolian steppe ( Turkey)
Daurian forest steppe ( China, Mongolia, Russia)
Eastern Anatolian montane steppe ( Armenia, Iran, Turkey)
Emin Valley steppe ( China, Kazakhstan)
Faroe Islands boreal grasslands ( Faroe Islands, part of Denmark)
Gissaro-Alai open woodlands ( Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Kazakh forest steppe ( Kazakhstan, Russia)
Kazakh steppe ( Kazakhstan, Russia)
Kazakh upland ( Kazakhstan)
Middle East steppe ( Iraq, Syria)
Mongolian-Manchurian grassland ( China, Mongolia, Russia)
Pontic steppe ( Moldova, Romania, Russia, Ukraine)
Sayan Intermontane steppe ( Russia)
Selenge-Orkhon forest steppe ( Mongolia, Russia)
South Siberian forest steppe ( Russia)
Tian Shan foothill arid steppe ( China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan)


Terrestrial biomes
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests | Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests | Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests | Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests | Temperate coniferous forests | Boreal forests/taiga | Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands | Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands | Flooded grasslands and savannas | Montane grasslands and shrublands | Tundra | Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and shrub | Deserts and xeric shrublands | Mangrove


Ecozones
Afrotropic | Antarctic | Australasia | Indomalaya | Nearctic | Neotropic | Oceania | Palearctic

Terrestrial biomes

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