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Steppe!
A biome area explained by it's grassland plain without any trees. It may be desert, grass, shrubs, or grass and shrubs. This term is also used to describe an area in the world where it is too dry to grow trees. This is a snowy tundra steppe in Siberia In the summer it can get up to 104 Degrees F. In the winter it can go down to -40 F. Some mid-latitude steppes experience 10-20 inches of rainfall or snow per year.

This is a grassy steppe in Mongolia This is a shrubby steppe in Uzbekistan.

There is a very large steppe in North America (Prairie) and in Western Canada. This High plains steppe is in the most Western part of the Great Plains This is a picture of the North American Steppe which goes on for miles because t is part of the Great Plains

This is a picture of a boy herding sheep in the giant steppe of Tyva, Russia. This Steppe spands for about 5,000 miles from Europe to China. This steppe gets about 10-20 inches of rainfall each year. These treeless areas take up 15% of the Earth's surface. It can go from 90 F. to -45 F.

http://www.shef.ac.uk/landscape/staff_minisites/james/research/current/xeric_steppe_meadow.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steppe

http://geoimages.berkeley.edu/geoimages/Johnson/Biomes/BiomesSub/Steppe.html