Растительный мир Казахстана

The flora of Kazakhstan

The flora of Kazakhstan

The flora of Kazakhstan began to form in late Cretaceous - early Paleogene period, when a significant part of its territory was still under water.

• All of the Turan plain in the Paleogene occupied the sea, which was connected with the Western Siberian sea the Turgay Strait. He divided the territory of Kazakhstan into two parts..

• Here's how it looked on the map

The earth in the Paleogene

To the East of the Strait Torgai in the Altai and in Central Kazakhstan was the broad-leaved wood and deciduous and evergreen plants (Angara flora)

In the West, from the Turgay Strait in Mugalsarai, Common Syrt grew evergreen subtropical vegetation (Poltava flora)

In the Neogene water Turgay Strait receded and the West Siberian plain Turan joined.

As a result of these processes formed the so-called Turgay flora sycamore walnut oak poplar

The Neogene sea has retreated, the area began to take on continental characteristics. From Iran to Kazakhstan has penetrated the African flora Lucerne  ephemera caragana

In the Quaternary (Cenozoic era)65 million years ago the climate became more severe, mountain areas covered with ice. The world entered the last ice age

Most heat-loving plants died, but some of them remained, such as walnut, apricot, Apple . From Siberia spread of Arctic and Alpine types of plants Gradually formed the modern look of the vegetation cover of Kazakhstan.

Modern flora of Kazakhstan includes 6,000 species of higher plants

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