The Pannonian Steppe,Természettudományi Múzeum (Hungary), 1969. link: https://books.google.com/books?id=cOrRAAAAMAAJ&q=%22pannonian+steppe%22+pannonian+basin or Peri-Carpathian Steppe, refers to a collection of grassland ecosystems encompassing most of Hungary, and parts of Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Slovakia and Austria.The European Commission (DG ENV B2) commissioned the Management of Natura 2000 habitats, 2008. https://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/natura2000/management/habitats/pdf/6260_Pannonic_sand_steppes.pdf It forms the westernmost part of the Eurasian Steppe.
Geography
The Pannonian Steppe is part of the Eurasian Steppe. Its climate is continental.
The part of the Pannonian Steppe in Hungary is a grassland biomeWard Chesworth, Encyclopedia of Soil Science, Springer, 2008, p. 66 on the Great Hungarian Plain (Alföld) around the River Tisza in the eastern part of Hungary as well as on the western part of the country. The landscape has been widely cultivated and the original landscape is now found only in a few places, for example in Hortobágy National Park.
The characteristic landscape is composed of treeless plains, saline steppes and salt lakes, and includes scattered sand dunes, low, wet forests and freshwater marshes along the floodplains of the ancient rivers.Peter Haggett, Encyclopedia of World Geography: Eastern Europe, p. 1781 About three hundred species of birds can be found here.
The Čenkovská steppe near Mužla is the only steppe national nature reserve in Slovakia. The protected area declared in 1951 covers a total of 83 hectares.Informačný portál rezortu MŽP SR. http://uzemia.enviroportal.sk/main/detail/cislo/22 Slovak Environmental Agency, 2012 Foruminstitut 2011
Apart from the Čenkovská forest-steppe, other notable steppe and forest-steppe biomes in Slovakia are located mostly around the Danubian and East Slovak plains and the southern ranges of the Pramatra system. Two of the biomes are Devínska Kobyla and the Slovak Karst (connects to Aggtelek in Hungary).
Occasionally, the steppe is extended to Burgenland in Austria, mainly around Lake Neusiedl.
See also Central Europe Southeast Europe Carpathian Basin Puszta Hortobágy National Park
References
External links Meleckova, 2009, Cenkovska step