The 'Steppe' grasslands are found in:

Explanation

Steppes are vast, flat, largely unforested grasslands of the Eurasian interior. Britannica describes the Steppe as a belt of grassland across Eurasia, running from Hungary in the west through Ukraine and Central Asia towards Manchuria in the east. Standard school geography identifies the Steppe with Central Asia and Eastern Europe, including areas such as Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Ukraine and Russia. Its semi-arid continental setting explains the landscape: open grassland, hot summers, cold winters, and sharp seasonal contrasts rather than dense forests. So, for an RAS world-geography MCQ, "Steppe" should immediately signal the Eurasian grassland belt, not grassland names from other continents.

Why the other options are wrong

• (B) North America is associated with Prairies, so it names the wrong continental grassland region for this term.
• (C) South America is associated with Pampas and Llanos, not the Eurasian Steppe.
• (D) Australia is associated with Downs, so it does not match the Steppe grasslands of Eurasia.

Concept

This tests the world-geography mapping of major temperate grasslands to their regional names. It recurs in RAS because such questions check whether candidates can link a biome term to its correct continent and climate setting without confusing Prairies, Pampas, Downs and Steppes.

Source

• Encyclopaedia Britannica

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