Steppes are the grasslands of:

Explanation

Steppes are the temperate grasslands of Central Asia and Russia, especially the wider Eurasian belt that includes Ukraine and Kazakhstan. Britannica describes the world's most extensive flat steppes as lying in temperate Eurasia, stretching through Ukraine and Central Asia. The term is not a general label for every grassland; it is conventionally tied to these semiarid, continental grasslands. Low rainfall and sharp seasonal contrast keep the vegetation as open grassland rather than forest, and grazing is closely associated with the landscape's open, grass-dominated character.

Why the other options are wrong

• (A) South Africa is associated with Veld grasslands, so it does not name the classic Steppe region asked here.
• (B) Brazil is linked with Campos grasslands, whereas Steppes refer to the temperate grasslands of Central Asia and Russia.
• (C) Australia is associated with Downs grasslands in this classification, not with the Central Asian-Russian Steppe belt.

Concept

This tests the world geography mapping of major grassland types to their regions. It recurs in RAS because physical geography questions often ask candidates to match a named biome with its continental location.

Source

• Encyclopaedia Britannica

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