User:Moldopodo/Balti steppe
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Balti steppe (also referred to as Beltsy steppe) is a plain without trees (apart from those near rivers Dniestr, Răut and numerous lakes and creeks), dominated by grasses and shrubs, located in the Northern part of Moldova characterised by unstable seasons, generally hot summers and cold winters.
Balti, dating from the 15th century, is a major railway junction and the centre of the rich agricultural Balti steppe. Most industries are concerned with processing farm produce, notably flour milling, sugar refining, and wine making, but furniture, agricultural machinery, and fur clothing also are made. Balti has a teacher-training institute and a medical school. Population. (1991 est.) 164,900[1]
Two varieties of winter barley "Auriu" and "Sokor", produced by the Balti Research Institute of Field Crops, are the most productive in the conditions of unstable moistening of Balti steppe.[2]
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- ^ Encyclopedia Britannica
- ^ The productivity of winter barley varieties in the conditions of unstable moistening of Beltsy steppe] Personal Authors Staver, L.P. Corporate Authors Research Institute of Field Crops, Beltsy (Republic of Moldova) Publisher Institute of Technical and Economical Information
