The Southern Andean steppe is a montane grasslands and shrublands ecoregion occurring along the border of Chile and Argentina in the high elevations of...

Patagonia, southern Argentina and areas of Chile. To the north the desert grades into the Cuyo Region and the Monte. The central parts of the steppe are dominated...

ranging from cold steppe to cold desert. Grasslands are dominated by species of the genera Stipa and Festuca. Typical high Andean wetlands are the Bofedales...

páramo in South America, subalpine heath in New Guinea and East Africa, steppes of the Tibetan plateaus, as well as other similar subalpine habitats around...

USHUAIA (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 November 2023. WCS. "Patagonia and Southern Andean Steppe, Argentina". Saving Wild Places. Wildlife Conservation Society....

The Central Andean puna is a montane grasslands and shrublands ecoregion in the Andes of southern Peru, Bolivia, and northern Chile and Argentina. The...

2002, it houses a representative sample of the Central Andean Puna and the Southern Andean steppe biodiversity in good state of conservation, as well as...

grasslands and shrublands Central Andean dry puna Central Andean puna High Monte Southern Andean steppe Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands...

grasslands Patagonian steppe Central Andean dry puna Southern Andean steppe Chilean matorral Atacama Desert Sechura Desert Bolivian High Andean Complex Arid Puna...

and southern North America. In Mexico, the Yucatán Peninsula and southern lowlands, and most of the east and west coastlines, including the southern tip...

the matorral), the Andes Mountains, and the dry, rain-shadow Patagonian steppe east of the Andes. As a result, the temperate forest regions have evolved...

mammal predators include the puma (Puma concolor), Andean mountain cat (Leopardus jacobita), culpeo or andean wolf (Pseudalopex culpaeus), and South American...

The Andes (/ˈændiːz/ AN-deez), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (Spanish: Cordillera de los Andes; Quechua: Anti) are the longest continental mountain...

grasslands and shrublands Southern Andean steppe Argentina Neotropical Montane grasslands and shrublands Southern Andean steppe Chile Neotropical Montane...

Patagonian Andean forest, is a type of temperate to cold forest located in western Patagonia in Argentina and also in southern Chile, at the southern end of...

reserve contains Valdivian temperate forests at lower elevations and Southern Andean steppe at higher elevations. It also protects some of the northernmost...

especially in the transition zone between the Monte and the humid Southern Andean Yungas forests. Of the 505 plant species endemic to northwestern Argentina...

described as a table-land or steppe (in comparison to the Southern Andean Steppe), and sometimes called the Atlantic steppe. To the south of the plateau...

The Andean mountain cat (Leopardus jacobita) is a small wild cat native to the high Andes that has been listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List because...

meadows Northern Andean páramo NT1006 Northern Andean páramo Central Andean dry puna NT1001 Central Andean dry puna Tibetan Plateau steppe PA1020 Tibetan...

zones: Patagonian steppe, Pre-Andean shrubland, Magellanic subpolar forests and Andean Desert. The vegetation of the Patagonian steppe is dominated by Fescue...

systems with complex zonation Northern Andean Colombian Montane Yungas (Andean cloud forest) Puna Southern Andean Mixed island systems Bahamas-Bermudan...

bear (Tremarctos ornatus), also known as the South American bear, Andean bear, Andean short-faced bear or mountain bear and locally as jukumari (Aymara...

from October to April. The park lies in the northern end of the Southern Andean steppe. This salt flat spans 8,300 hectares at an elevation of 3,700 meters...

culpeo (Lycalopex culpaeus), also known as Culpeo zorro, Andean zorro, Andean fox, Paramo wolf, Andean wolf, and colpeo fox, is a species of South American...

wetlands. The dry steppe grasslands of Argentine Patagonia are characterized by minimal rainfall, cold, dry winds, and sandy soil. The Andean Mountains block...

Fuego steppe, is a popular fishing area for a variety of trout. The town is served by Franco Bianco Airport. Cerro Sombrero has the typical "cold steppe climate"...

The steppe pika (Ochotona pusilla) is a small mammal of the pika family, Ochotonidae. It is found in the steppes of southern Russia and northern Kazakhstan...

The steppe polecat (Mustela eversmanii), also known as the white or masked polecat, is a species of mustelid native to Central and Eastern Europe and Central...

corsac), also known simply as a corsac, is a medium-sized fox found in steppes, semi-deserts and deserts in Central Asia, ranging into Mongolia and northern...