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Table 1 Modern variation in air temperature and annual precipitation recorded at GNIP stations along and around the Eurasian steppe [data from the Global Network of Isotopes in Precipitation (GNIP) database (IAEA/WMO 2006)].
| Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | air temperature | precipitation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  |  | GNIP station | country | longitude | latitude | altitude (m) | min (°C) 1 | max (°C) 1 | mean (°C) 2 | (mm) 2 |
western region | north | Odessa | Ukraine | 30.63 | 46.48 | 64 | -9.8 | 34.4 | 9.4 | 350 |
| Â | Â | Har'kov | Ukraine | 36.28 | 49.93 | 148 | -14.4 | 22.5 | 9.4 | 350 |
| Â | Â | Saratov | Russia | 46.03 | 51.56 | 166 | -15.8 | 24.8 | 6.8 | 462 |
| Â | south | Tbilisi | Georgia | 44.95 | 41.68 | 490 | -8.1 | 30 | 13.4 | 521 |
| Â | Â | Batumi | Georgia | 41.63 | 41.65 | 6 | 3.8 | 27.1 | 14.6 | 2486 |
eastern region | north | Omsk | Russia | 73.38 | 55.01 | 94 | -24.1 | 21.1 | 1.9 | 404 |
| Â | Â | Novosibirsk | Russia | 82.9 | 55.03 | 162 | -24.8 | 20.7 | 1.3 | 422 |
| Â | Â | Enisejsk | Russia | 92.15 | 58.45 | 98 | -29.6 | 19.8 | -1.2 | 491 |
| Â | south | Tashkent | Ukbekistan | 69.27 | 41.27 | 428 | -13.4 | 28.9 | 13.3 | 455 |
| Â | Â | Wulumuqi | China | 87.62 | 43.78 | 918 | -15.7 | 29.8 | 7.9 | 263 |
| Â | east | Ulaanbaatar | Mongolia | 106.98 | 47.93 | 1338 | -31.9 | 20.8 | 0.1 | 255 |