Abstract: This paper summarizes and reviews the grasslands of Asia,their natural conditions,divisions,types,characteristics,utilizations,management systems and social-economic conditions for their development.Natural grassland is divi- ded into six types,i.e.tundra,steppe,savanna,desert,meadow and marsh;i.e.cold,temperate and warm grassland.Grassland farming is also divided into three types,i.e.traditional management,extensive management and simultane-ous management of agriculture,forestry and animal husbandry.The basic style is grazing on grassland.At present,as extensive farming is transformed intointensive farming,the closed self-suflieient economy is changing into a com-modify economy.Grassland will play a more important role in economic develop-ment,social improvement and ecological establishment.

摘要： 亚洲草地的自然环境亚洲幅员辽阔,具有略呈梯形的大陆躯干,地形中高周低。中部高耸,多崇山峻岭和高原,四周低下,多低山丘陵和平原。大陆东缘,自北而南具有一系列向太平洋凸出的弧形列岛,地表起伏较大。亚洲东濒太平洋,西临印度洋,北滨北冰洋,西达大西洋的属海地中海和黑海。由于海陆间巨大的热力差异及季节变化或迭加行星风带的季节移动,使亚洲的东部、东南部和南部