melkosopochnik

The ecoregion stretches from the Ural River and the border of the Caspian lowland up to east border of the Kazakh melkosopochnik.

Kazakh semi-desert 2008

The distinctive feature of melkosopochnik vegetation is the abundance of shrubs (Caragana balchashensis, C. frutex, Spiraea hypericifolia).

Kazakh semi-desert 2008

There are plateaus formed from chalk and Tertiary deposits, vast areas of melkosopochnik on a Paleozoic base, and alluvial plains.

Kazakh semi-desert 2008

The Kazakh semidesert is an ecotone zone between steppe and desert consisting of vast plains and melkosopochnik (a highly eroded plateau).

Kazakh semi-desert 2008

Also included is the southern part of the Turgay plateau which consists of plains and hills that are characteristic of melkosopochnik.

Kazakh semi-desert 2008

Only fragments of the area still maintain these regimes, mainly in melkosopochnik areas.

Kazakh steppe 2008

The boundary conforms to the low mountain stony steppes of the Altai-Saur-Tarbagatai and Kazakh melkosopochnik regions.

Kazakh upland 2008

Low littoral plains near the Caspian Sea, arid denudational plateaus (northern part of Ustyurt and western part of Betpakdala), stony plains, and melkosopochnik (a highly eroded plateau) (Mangyshlak, eastern part of Betpakdala and northern part near Balkhash Lake) are represented here.

Central Asian northern desert 2008

Currently, large areas of non-cultivated habitats are preserved in melkosopochnik massives (Mugodzhary Melkosopochnik and Bayanaul Melkosopochnik) and around large wetlands (i.e.,

Kazakh steppe 2008