Pusta

The Hungarian puszta (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈpustɒ]) is a temperate grassland biome of the Great Hungarian Plain. 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 mi2). The characteristic landscape is composed of treeless plains, saline steppes and salt lakes, and includes scattered sand dunes, low,...