Great steppe civilization (part 3)

The Asian Steppe is the Asian part of the Eurasian Steppe. Some scholars wrongly use the term Asian Steppe to describe the vast region of steppes of Eurasia. The Asian Steppe itself includes mainly the Mongolian steppes and the Kazakh steppes. There are three main expanses of the Eurasian Steppe. The western steppe, central steppe and the eastern steppe. The Western Steppe begins near the mouth of the Danube and extends northeast almost to Kazan and then southeast to the southern tip of the Ural Mountains. The Central Steppe or Kazakh Steppe extends from the Urals to Dzungaria. To the south it grades off into semidesert and desert which is interrupted by two great rivers, the Amu Darya (Oxus) and Syr Darya (Jaxartes) which flow northwest into the Aral Sea and provide irrigation agriculture. The eastern steppe covering the area of presentday Mongolia, was the first home of the Turks, Huns, and the Mongols.