The climate of the area is semi-arid, specific to semi-desert and dry steppe.

The reserve has been established in 1987 to protect the dry steppes and wetlands of Central Asia.

The range was now on their right and they were looking due south at dry open steppes.

Then I came to a small green valley in the middle of the dry steppes with a stream running through it, even a nice little cave.

Her hopeless thoughts on the dry and dreary steppes were dispelled by the fresh green valley.

Located on dry steppe, it is a former tertiary level administrative centre.

Trees large enough to have made such a bowl did not grow on the open, dry, and windy steppes.

This species is found in dry steppes and semi-desert brushlands.

This species breeds across middle latitudes of central Asia on dry steppes and similar habitats.

It is found on dry steppes and semi-deserts in Eurasia.