Puszta
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| Puszta | |
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temperate grassland | |
| Geography | |
| Country | Hungary |
| Coordinates | 47°30′N 21°06′E / 47.5°N 21.1°E |
The Hungarian puszta (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈpustɒ]) is a temperate grassland biome of the Great Hungarian Plain.[1]: 66 It is an exclave of the Pannonian Steppe, and lies mainly around the River Tisza in the eastern part of Hungary, as well as in the western part of the country and in the Burgenland of Austria.
It covers a total area of about 50,000 km2 (19,000 sq mi).
Name
The adjective puszta has meanings including 'abandoned', 'bare', 'bleak', 'deserted' and 'uninhabited'.[4]: 565
A large, mostly treeless, grassy plain which can only be used for grazing livestock, as the poor quality of the soil makes it unsuitable for crop production.[5]
History
From the late
Climate
The climate is continental. Landscape is widely cultivated, the original Puszta landscape now being found only in a few places, for example in Hortobágy National Park.
Agriculture
Most of Hungary's vegetable and grain crops are grown on the Great Plain.
Fauna
Three hundred species of birds are found here.[2]: 1781
References
- ISBN 9781402039959.
- ^ ISBN 9781566192910
- ^ a b Cesare Della Pietà, Mariella Bussolati, Hans Silvester (May 1987). La puszta di Hortobágy (in Italian). Silva. I (2): 70–85.
- ISBN 9789630583589.
- ^ Arcanum , the Hungarian Explanatory dictionary [1]
- ^ a b Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Accessed January 2022.
- ^ [s.n.] (2021). Puszta. Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, sixth edition. New York: Columbia University Press. Accessed January 2022.
- ^ OCLC 566879902.
- ^ "A napfény városa". www.origo.hu/. 5 August 2006.
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