The Tian Shan montane steppe and meadows ecoregion (WWF ID: PA1019) covers a 2,000 km long stretch of grasslands of the isolated Tian Shan mountains of Central Asia.

[1][2] The ecoregion stretches around the lower altitudes of the Tian Shan mountain ridge, running for approximately 2,000 km from western Kyrgyzstan to eastern Xinjiang Province in China.

Running up the middle of the ecoregion is the main ridge of the Tian Shan, with some middle altitudes supporting conifer forests in the Tian Shan montane conifer forests ecoregion.

This climate is generally characterized as having precipitation greater than a true desert, and also a colder temperature.

The lowest elevations - 1,100 to 2,700 meters - are mostly grasslands of fescue (Festuca) and feather grass (Stipa).